Windows 10: R.I.P., Windows Media Center

Hi there

American TV has these days no monopoly of being mostly rubbish --TV worldwide seems to be as bad -- even now they are re-branding and re-marketing those hideous "Reality TV" shows as "Observational Documentaries" !!!.

Hollywood also seems to have no NEW ideas -- mostly remakes of older successful stuff -- and while the effects might be slicker I don't think I've ever seen a REMAKE that's been better than the original.

Even music seemed to have "Died the death" at about the turn of the Millenium with a few rare exceptions.

What's up with our youngsters -- has the incredible over supply of "media Studies" in Universities killed off the imagination and writing talent of new upcoming directors.

At least FICTION (Old fashioned Books) is still alive as a decent art form.

Even Festivals like Glastonbury have to bring out Pensioned off Rock greats from the late 60's - 70's for their main gigs. !!!

Cheers
jimbo

 

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Oops! Missed that one, sorry. *Redface
(I was wondering if it was 'old news')

 

I wouldn't say that Vista was a refined XP at all. That was a COMPLETELY reworked version of Windows. But I would say that as 10 TP matures with each build, its similarities to 8.1 are lessening.

 

Windows up to and including 3.1 was a shell over DOS. W95 to XP, mixed bag. Only Vista has broken that mold so those are big brakes if you look at kernel. Win3.11 brought some changes in system itself that led to NT that provided passage to Win 2000 that brought XP to light and "real" windows for domestic use. So, there were some real brakes but with "in between" editions. Looking at it that way both ways can be considered true, Windows as whole system and versions with enough difference to be considered new.
Lots of us older folks went thru all those stages one by one without missing a beat. I know that myself at some time have been thru every version since first DOS including all service packs and "half versions" (95-97-98- Millennium or all the versions of NT for instance).

 

I've been reading about Microsoft getting rid of WMP in Win10. I plan on updating my Win 8.1 to Win 10, when it's available. Would someone suggest a good player to replace WMN, for a average user. I was told to use VCL Player, but a friend of mine has it and she says it want play her MIDI files.

 

Windows Media Center. Not Windows Media Player. Windows 10 will still have a media player.

 

"VLC" and it's free...
sorry missed the midi part...excuse...

 

The point of WMC was to help eliminate set-top rental fees and other additional fees.
I pay $2 a month for 3 cable cards (i can attach 9 TVs we only have 6). Even with TIVO after the $600 initial cost, $150 for additional units, it will still cost you $15-$20 on top of cable costs.

Why would i want TIVO over a PC with WMC, in addition, we have internet access, run our games, all the PC capabilities. There is a reason I chose WMC over TIVO years ago. It is fine that you like your choice, I simply think WMC is better, except for it being by Microsoft.

 

First, only the top of the line TiVo with 3000 recording hours (3TB hard disk) and 6 channel tuner costs $600. If you buy a 6-channel Cable-card tuner for your WMC it will cost you $300 alone. Throw in the 3TB hard drive, and the cost of the machine, it's far more than the $600 price, especially when you factor in the lack of OS costs.

You can get a 4 channel TiVo with 500GB drive for $149.

But, what makes the TiVo so good is the software, and the remote. That's what makes TiVo users so loyal.

As for the service costs, it's a small price to pay for extremely reliable channel listings, remote scheduling (web, mobile devices, etc..), and the multitude of other features the software provides.

Regardless, my point is that there are alternatives.