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Media Centre PC

Thu, 08/14/2008 - 04:47 — tonie

will turn a pc into a media centre. There a few out there, which is the best one? I would like one that has a simple interface & easy to install, with as many bells & whistles as possible... :) Any hints & advise appreciated.

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#1Submitted by mikedutch on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 13:22.

Assuming you don't just want to buy a Windows Media Center Edition/Vista PC, here's a list of good Home Theatre PCs (not all are Windows-based):

BeyondTV - http://www.snapstream.com/

Pinnacle Media Center - http://www.pinnaclesys.com/

SageTV - http://www.sagetv.com/

Apple Mac OS X Front Row -
- http://www.apple.com/imac/software/frontrow.html
- http://www.miglia.com/
- http://www.elgato.com/

Linux MythTV -
- http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
- http://www.mythtv.org/

You may want to search the web for a few how-to guides if you're building your own. There are many sites that go into plenty of detail such as - http://www.htpcnews.com/

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