I'll be retiring my current "production" PC soon, and giving it new duties as a television media-type thing. Stuff on the PC being displayed on the TV w/surround sound system.
I figure obvious additions will be wireless keyboard and mouse for the coffee table in the tv room... but does there exist a remote control that can pause/rewind/etc stuff on the pc? Maybe that wouldn't be necessary if I consider the keyboard/mouse to be the remote controls.
PC... media center... type question
What OS?
I use Windows MCE, with the Windows MCE remote. While I like the remote, they have a fundamental electrical issue (perhaps corrected in the 1.5 years I've owned it) that makes them freeze up every once in a while. To correct, you have to short the battery terminals with a paper-clip or such. The first one I owned died completely after 3 days. The second one has been much better behaved.
I used to have a StreamZap prior to MCE.
I use Windows MCE, with the Windows MCE remote. While I like the remote, they have a fundamental electrical issue (perhaps corrected in the 1.5 years I've owned it) that makes them freeze up every once in a while. To correct, you have to short the battery terminals with a paper-clip or such. The first one I owned died completely after 3 days. The second one has been much better behaved.
I used to have a StreamZap prior to MCE.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Well, I've got One of these inside and can record 2 things at once.
The chip is only 1.25Ghz Athlon, but can do two recordings at once pretty well. (512MB RAM)
Playing something back while recording two things at once pretty much brings it to its knees though. (SATA drive would help with that).
The chip is only 1.25Ghz Athlon, but can do two recordings at once pretty well. (512MB RAM)
Playing something back while recording two things at once pretty much brings it to its knees though. (SATA drive would help with that).
It's not me, it's someone else.