Snapstream VS MS Windows Media Edition

[HeftyHeftyHefty]

OK, here's the deal.

I love my Snapstream setup... I can watch programs I recorded from my browser at work, make DVD backups, blah blah blah...

Now I just saw a MS Windows Media Edition PC and it is awsome. I don't know all the details but it seems to do some of what snapstream does and more.

It has a great menu system for viewing TV, recorded shows, pictures, listening to music and a few other things.

I don't think it can setup recordings off site or stream video or repack to divx.

What I want is for Snapstream to come out with a full blown menu system that does more than Tivo like functions. How much more would it cost to put all those other nifty menu items into their front-end? I don't think much.

The ultimate PC would be a small box sitting on top of my cable box that does TV, DVD, pictures and music to say the least.

What do you guys think?

[bradpvr]

*poof*

How about something like this:

http://www.snapstream.com/Products/beyondmedia/

[HeftyHeftyHefty]

thanks, under my nose the whole time

[Brett]

Just incase you didn't know Windows XP media center requires a new computer, and uses a "special" microsoft only format to record to.

Its a nice interface, but I had both at one time and decided when I formatted it last week not bother installing the Media Center component. Media Center crashed entirely too much for me!

-Brett

[mvaughn]

Originally posted by RadioActive
Just incase you didn't know Windows XP media center requires a new computer, and uses a "special" microsoft only format to record to.

Its a nice interface, but I had both at one time and decided when I formatted it last week not bother installing the Media Center component. Media Center crashed entirely too much for me!

-Brett

I formatted my MCE as well... Locked up daily and the proprietary ms-dvr format is a real pain