[SurroundSound] Re: Windows 7 HTPC -- The End of an Era?

Well for my part in this i use media center with a ceton tuner card
for TV which i can record (4 at once no less) and then take out
commercials or pretty much whatever i want to do. There are a lot of
good concerts on tv and some shows that i like. I usually reord them
and watch when i have time. As for playing music in media center i
have never been a fan of that nor do i like the much touted xbmc.
Foobar works for me for a sotware player and the oppo works for
hardware. Thats my take for what its worth.

On Jun 20, 5:38 pm, realafrica <paul.gam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it is utter nonsense to consider the HTPC dead because of M$
> changes to Media Center. I would never build an HTPC arounf M$ Media
> Centr=er it id far too limited in what it will play: no SACD no DVD-A!
> I use Foobar and Cyberlink and can play anything from Blu ray movies
> thru SACD to DVD-A, all in surround via a Xonar DS2 sound card and a
> Denon AVR.
> What is complicated about that, once one gets the drivers installed?
>
> On Jun 20, 9:37 pm, Tab Cursor <tabcur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > A Windows Home Theater PC has played a major role in my home theater now
> > for years. Starting with Windows XP Media Center, followed by Windows
> > Vista, and now Windows 7, I've found the experience both frustrating and
> > satisfying. Satisfying when I found the right combination of software and
> > hardware to play my entire collection; frustrating when an errant update
> > forced me to start again and the regular house-keeping and maintenance
> > involved. Owning a Windows HTPC has never been an easy pain-free
> > experience. It requires a specialized "geek" skill set whose details have
> > changed over the years but the fundamental "DRM hurdle" persists. Simply
> > put, we HTPC owners have had complete freedom over our media -- the rules
> > don't apply -- but was it worth the learning curve?
>
> > Has the HTPC died?
>
> >http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/14/the-home-theater-pc-is-dead-long-l...
>
> > Will we look back at our HTPC era as time well spent or wasted years?- Hide quoted text -
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