Have a HTPC and now confused....
disneyjoe7
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So have a HTPC working an OTA antenna in my family room, and is working fine. What are my options either seeing what's recorded on or just watching tv in a bedroom?
Steve
Steve
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR
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What OS and software are you running? I would think content-sharing over a network is standard fare, but it might have to be enabled first.
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If you are using Windows Media Center then you can just use an extender one of many companies that produce one (Netgear/D-Link/Linksys etc...)
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Running WMC Windows 7 home, if extender could this see everything on WMC like Hulu?
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
disneyjoe7 wrote: »Running WMC Windows 7 home, if extender could this see everything on WMC like Hulu?
Probably not. Hulu doesn't publish it's stream through MCE. You would need something like Boxee. This space is still terribly fragmented. -
Will I did something that does Hulu in my MCE, not perfect as I need a mouse at times but then ok with remote. If that way could it work?
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
disneyjoe7 wrote: »Will I did something that does Hulu in my MCE, not perfect as I need a mouse at times but then ok with remote. If that way could it work?
Currently anything that allows Hulu Playback in MCE is simply a hack around. The issue is that Hulu, so far, is not going to provide an API (a programmers toolbox) to natively and cleanly integrate Hulu with MCE. -
So I thinking about this device http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Media-Center-Extender-DVD/dp/B000XQONSG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1287759781&sr=8-3 is this good?
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
disneyjoe7 wrote: »So I thinking about this device http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Media-Center-Extender-DVD/dp/B000XQONSG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1287759781&sr=8-3 is this good?
The reviews aren't too bad for that unit. I can't speak to it's functionality since I have never tried it.
Your best source for information is thegreenbutton.com -
Thanks Jinjuku I'll check it out.
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
disneyjoe7 wrote: »Thanks Jinjuku I'll check it out.
YW, let me know what you decide to go with.
