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Posted by Gary Tsang on July 3, 2008, 11:10 am
Please log in for more thread options An alternative would be to go to either the Home Premium or Ultimate SKUs of
Windows Vista, if your computer has sufficient hardware to run Windows
Vista.
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Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com
Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> Media Center is considered a separate OS, it is based on XP Pro, but you
> can't just add it or convert it, you would have to purchase and do a clean
> install (no upgrade option). It is either available as an XP version Media
> Center Edition 2005 or the features are included in Vista Home Premium or
> Vista Ultimate.
>
> The requirements are more or less the same as the equivalent version of
> Windows for the basic system, if you want to do TV, you would need a
> compatible tuner card and would need to make sure the video card is
> sufficiently powered and has the proper connections if outputting to
> something other than a PC monitor (like a TV with s-video).
>
> As far as features, it would be much easier for you to go to the Microsoft
> site, type "Media Center" in the search box and do some reading rather
> than people here rehash everything to you.
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> James
> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida
>
>> What all would I need to do to convert my XP Pro SP3 machine to a Media
>> Center PC?
>>
>> XP by itself does not seem to be that great for playing DVDs or recording
>> shows that we'd like to watch later. Does Media Center bring that?
>>
>> I don't know much about Media Center, so please forgive my ignorance.
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