Re: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch


>
> > > You did!   "Ideally you wouldn't require a TV for
choosing MP3s"
> > No, I said I didn't want to require a TV in the first place
>
> Errr...you said exactly what I cut and pasted above.

I know what I said - as you can clearly see if you read it again, my issue
was one of the presence of a TV, not the supposed hassle of turning one on.


>
> > Well I was - I want one solution I can use anywhere in the house.
 Not a
> > unique system in each room.
>
> Then you aren't looking for a xp-mce / xbox or any of the other Media
Centre
> devices that this thread may be about.
>

Despite the subject, most of this thread has been about interface and
control, not Windows Media Center per se;  whether menus are better
displayed on the TV vs built in lcd monitors or 4 line displays, for
example.  My post was in that same vein - about my preference for a hand
held tablet.  That kind of controller could easily be a common solution for
use around the house - even if the playback devices in each room are
different.


> > Once you've walked across the room to pick it up ;-)
>
> You keep your remotes at the other side of the room?  Strange boy.
>

Obviously smileys don't show up on your display.  Sigh.