MythTV Unifies Personal Video Recording And Home Theatre Technology
MythTV Windows MCE 2004
Open Source; free to obtain, use, and modify Proprietary; pay to obtain and
use but not modify
Interchangeable codecs (OSS and proprietary) Proprietary codec cannot be
changed
Software and hardware decoding support No software decoding support
Output to DivX and MPEG2 No support for DivX or MPEG2
Setup requires moderate Linux know-how Simple setup and config
Runs on Linux and MacOS, feeds to Windows Runs on Windows only
Ultra-low system requirements Modest system requirements
Support for companion and third-party plug-ins No plug-in support
Scalable network architecture (master/slaves) Basic TCP/IP network support
Record once, transcode and play anywhere Record and play locally only
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/09/08/the_mythtv_convergence_uk/
The above is self-explanatory. MythTV, which is free (can have everything set
up merely by installing one of the MythTV Linux distributions), is _also
better_ than the expensive offer from Microsoft.
Look at Bill Gates failing to get Windows Media Centre to work... when/where
it matter most. Just about as bad as the BSoD's and the recent voice
recognition embarrassment.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j7EEbokKLHI
Windows Media center crashining at CES 2005
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