Windows 7 Media Centre

superplay · 15 Nov 2008 at 20:31

I have installed this onto my Vista Media Centre PC today.

I am not so sure about the new menu fonts etc, but it is early days. I will have a proper play over the next few days and will post back.

My MCE system is only an AMD 3000+ 1.8Ghz with 1GB RAM. Vista MCE runs like a dog on this kit, with the hard drive light thrashing for England! On the same kit Windows 7 runs ten times as quick as Vista and yes we seem to be back to XP disk access days!

superplay · 15 Nov 2008 at 20:34

If anyone else is thinking of trying Windows 7 MCE, I am using a Hauppauge Nova-t model 99101 LF D995 with no major problems as of yet, using Vista Drivers.

I tried my Hauppauge HVR-4000 first and this just fails using the Vista Drivers.

Ross1234 · 15 Nov 2008 at 20:36

May I ask where you downloaded it? I have vista business with no media center.

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:42

Ross1234 said:
May I ask where you downloaded it? I have vista business with no media center.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx

- Windows Vista Home Edition
- Windows Vista Ultimate

These are the only two that supports media centre.

thepharcyde · 26 Nov 2008 at 21:00

Does it support HD channels without needing to be hack like Vista and the TV Pack

Participant · 26 Nov 2008 at 21:02

^ Good question. I'd like to know this also as by all accounts, Vista MC support for HD users has been all but forgotten in favour of concentrating on Windows 7.

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Nov 2008 at 21:47

thepharcyde said:
Does it support HD channels without needing to be hack like Vista and the TV Pack

I read that there is no HD support for MCE yet only 3rd party software.

superplay · 27 Nov 2008 at 15:52

Windows 7 is going to support High Def out of the box as it supports H.264

Quote from Paul Thurrott:

"Microsoft's media player received a major makeover in Windows 7 with several new features, including enhanced DVD playback, a new lightweight playback mode, dramatically improved format compatibility (including AAC and H.264), Windows Taskbar Jump List customization, PC-to-PC and media streaming, and a new Play To feature."

As Media Centre uses the same engine that will too.

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Nov 2008 at 16:08

superplay said:
Windows 7 is going to support High Def out of the box as it supports H.264

Quote from Paul Thurrott:

"Microsoft's media player received a major makeover in Windows 7 with several new features, including enhanced DVD playback, a new lightweight playback mode, dramatically improved format compatibility (including AAC and H.264), Windows Taskbar Jump List customization, PC-to-PC and media streaming, and a new Play To feature."

As Media Centre uses the same engine that will too.

Can't wait! I wounder if Windows 7 will support new drivers like Windows Vista.