Alternative to Microsoft Media Edition. Any decent ones ???

[Kate Jackson]

I have my TV setup to my PC and my TV Set to 1080i so i can play all
my Movies i have and trailers at their best. Well the 1080i ones
anyway.

But i need a decent interface one thats built for the 1920 by 1080 and
also make it work with my Monitor Resolution of 1600 by 1200 :)


Iam new to this as i just have setup my Media PC which is my MAIN pc..

If you have any advice or anthing please SAY SOMETHING :)

Thanks.

[JandB]

I have my TV setup to my PC and my TV Set to 1080i so i can play all
my Movies i have and trailers at their best. Well the 1080i ones
anyway.

But i need a decent interface one thats built for the 1920 by 1080 and
also make it work with my Monitor Resolution of 1600 by 1200 :)


Iam new to this as i just have setup my Media PC which is my MAIN pc..

If you have any advice or anthing please SAY SOMETHING :)

Thanks.
Media Portal is one that I've played with. It's not bug free though. There's also Myth TV but I haven't used that. Then there's the whole Linux thing - apparently very good but I could never get Linux itself to recognise my hardware last time I played with it - that was more than a year ago.

[d'Wooluf]

According to JandB <JandB.1reqqf@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> (and I quote):

>
>Kate Jackson Wrote:
>> I have my TV setup to my PC and my TV Set to 1080i so i can play all
>> my Movies i have and trailers at their best. Well the 1080i ones
>> anyway.
>>
>> But i need a decent interface one thats built for the 1920 by 1080 and
>> also make it work with my Monitor Resolution of 1600 by 1200 :)
>>
>>
>> Iam new to this as i just have setup my Media PC which is my MAIN pc..
>>
>> If you have any advice or anthing please SAY SOMETHING :)
>>
>> Thanks.
>Media Portal is one that I've played with. It's not bug free though.
>There's also Myth TV but I haven't used that. Then there's the whole
>Linux thing - apparently very good but I could never get Linux itself
>to recognise my hardware last time I played with it - that was more
>than a year ago.

Myth TV is a Linux app afaik. Showshifter is the only other similar app
(for Windows) that I can think of.

[Neversoft P/L]

I tried ShowShifter for over a year and gave up in total frustration.

Many problems related to support of Australian DVB-T standards, general
stability issues, only supports a single tuner card, interface design is
need of a total refresh.

Don't waste your money until you visit their support forums at
http://www.showshifter.com/support/index.htm.

Judge for yourself, but at least you can get a free trial before you buy.
See if it is right for you.

Dave Benet
Melbourne

"d'Wooluf" <blah@xyz.com> wrote in message
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> According to JandB <JandB.1reqqf@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> (and I quote):
>
>>
>>Kate Jackson Wrote:
>>> I have my TV setup to my PC and my TV Set to 1080i so i can play all
>>> my Movies i have and trailers at their best. Well the 1080i ones
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> But i need a decent interface one thats built for the 1920 by 1080 and
>>> also make it work with my Monitor Resolution of 1600 by 1200 :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Iam new to this as i just have setup my Media PC which is my MAIN pc..
>>>
>>> If you have any advice or anthing please SAY SOMETHING :)
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>Media Portal is one that I've played with. It's not bug free though.
>>There's also Myth TV but I haven't used that. Then there's the whole
>>Linux thing - apparently very good but I could never get Linux itself
>>to recognise my hardware last time I played with it - that was more
>>than a year ago.
>
> Myth TV is a Linux app afaik. Showshifter is the only other similar app
> (for Windows) that I can think of.
>
>

[Sean]

If you're interested in delving into linux (I'm pretty new to it and managed
to set it up ok) .. MythTv is VERY nice.. I tried looking into windows
software to do the same but nothing seems to match it..

--
Sean

"Kate Jackson" <KateJackson2004@2332.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have my TV setup to my PC and my TV Set to 1080i so i can play all
> my Movies i have and trailers at their best. Well the 1080i ones
> anyway.
>
> But i need a decent interface one thats built for the 1920 by 1080 and
> also make it work with my Monitor Resolution of 1600 by 1200 :)
>
>
> Iam new to this as i just have setup my Media PC which is my MAIN pc..
>
> If you have any advice or anthing please SAY SOMETHING :)
>
> Thanks.
>
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