RE: RE: Re: RE: Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

That's my point...

Microsoft's Media Center is the 21st Century equivalent of the midi system = - it _will_ sell lots.

The fact it doesn't work as well as buying a separate TiVo, picture frame, = MP3 player and DVD player is irrelevant. Most people will go for the big-na= me, easy-install, single-box solution.

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: BEN.MCCORMACK [mailto:ben.mccormack@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 9 January 2003 14:18
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: [ukha_d] Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

Mark

I agree with you in general but you are forgetting that many poeple have mo= re than one hifi, you may have an expensive seperates system in the Lounge = as well as a =A3200 Midi System in the Kitchen, Bedroom and in the Kids roo= m. You could argue that you are always going to sell more midi systems.

Ben


> Gerard,
> For the last 15 years, UK consumers have been able to buy separates > audio systems from Richer Sounds for =A3300 that sound way better than=
> the "all in one" midi systems from the high-street multiples= . Applying
> your standard of "device not as good as separate devices", m= idi
> systems are, to use your term "worthless". By your logic, mi= di systems
> will not sell in any numbers. The last time I looked, Richer Sounds > had a far smaller market share of the domestic music player space than=
> Dixons, Currys, Comet etc. Likewise, midi systems sell in far greater =
> numbers than separate amps. This might suggest that there is something=
> wrong with your model of consumer behaviour...
> M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerard McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 9 January 2003 10:56
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: RE: [ukha_d] Windows XP Media Center Edition Review > > If you look at the indivisual costs of the following
> >
> > Tivo - =A3300
> > Network mp3 player - =A3200
> > Digital Picture Frame - =A370
> > DVD Player - =A3150
> >
> > TOTAL =A3720
> >
> > Not far off what this media PC should cost.
> >
> > The Media PC should be able to do all of these and more in the > > future
> But the converged device is NOT as good as the seperate devices. That<= BR> > makes it worthless.
> You'd have to add a sound card with Dolby Digital output to make the <= BR> > system useable as a DVD player ... another =A380. Now we have video > quality. Every PC I have ever dealt with unless running through VGA/DV= I
> produces a horrible output.
> It's a nice idea in theory but crap in practice. And most of all we ar= e
> forgetting that even with a P4 processor and the MPEG encoding handled=
> by a seperate card it STILL has high-CPU usage and suffers from
> slowdowns. That alone is enough of a reason for me to stay clear of it= .
> G
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