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Re: ShowCentre Review


  • Subject: Re: ShowCentre Review
  • From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:59:17 +0100
  • References: <20040529100104.62A0010733@ruby.laser.com> <001d01c446e7$ecf69830$0111fea9@SIMONMCC3>

That's not entirely fair...they have their place. I recently got a TV card
for watching TV
on my kitchen touchscreen monitor. It works great for that and I'm very
happy with it
(I'll be even more happy when the kitchen PC is in the kitchen!). Just look
at this as a
good excuse for that turbonet and disk upgrade :-)

> To summarise - STAY AWAY FROM PCTV CARDS! Go for a hardware encoding
card.
> (or a DV camcorder :)
>
> Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Ukha_D@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>;
> <ukha@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:01 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] ShowCentre Review
>
>
> > Simon McCaughey's review of the ShowCentre is now on-line.
> >
> > "The idea of the Showcenter is to make media files stored on
your PC
> > available for use on your TV in the living room. I don't have
(and can't
> > get) broadband, so my selection of media is limited to a few
ripped DVDs,
> > loads of MP3's, and about 1000 photos. My main objective was to
remove the
> > DVD player and VCR from the living room, so I only have a TV,
HiFi, TiVo
> and
> > Showcenter."
> >
> > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1430.html
> >
> > M.




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