Agree with Jamie's comments above, we use Windows Vista media centre on our 32" tv screen in the living room with the infra-red remote control and it works perfectly well. Even my technophobe girlfriend is happy using it.
I've also been pleased with the fact that you can schedule tv recordings and leave the pc in sleep mode, the os will come out of sleep mode record the required program(s) and then go back to sleep again, saving you from having to keep the pc on all the time.
Those having issues with tv tuner hardware or are considering purchasing such an item I would suggest that a bit of research in done before purchasing. I've always used Hauppauge hardware and have not had an issue with getting that to work with either XP media centre or Vista media centre.
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Agree with Jamie's comments above, we use Windows Vista media centre on our 32" tv screen in the living room with the infra-red remote control and it works perfectly well. Even my technophobe girlfriend is happy using it.
I've also been pleased with the fact that you can schedule tv recordings and leave the pc in sleep mode, the os will come out of sleep mode record the required program(s) and then go back to sleep again, saving you from having to keep the pc on all the time.
Those having issues with tv tuner hardware or are considering purchasing such an item I would suggest that a bit of research in done before purchasing. I've always used Hauppauge hardware and have not had an issue with getting that to work with either XP media centre or Vista media centre.