NEW PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE
BEING EQUIPPED WITH MICROSOFT'S
"WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION"
AND WITH TV TUNER CARD

Don't Want To Build Your Own,
Then Go Ahead And Buy Your Own

You can CLICK HERE to get a custom-built PC
to have your own Media Center PC without having
to install all of the hardware and software yourself

You can CLICK HERE if you want to get your own
authorized copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition
that you actually install onto your existing PC or onto
any do-it-yourself PC that you put together yourself

Updates to this page, including Ruel's report on MCE, are forthcoming. So visit here again soon.

This is currently a page of screenshots of Windows XP Media Center Edition on a Hewlett-Packard PC that belongs to a friend of mine.

If you are looking at the other PVR-related pages here at Ruel.Net, then you might be asking yourself: Which software does Ruel like the best? Well, stay tuned and visit this page again as Ruel updates this page.

Also visit this page again for Ruel's report on WinXP MCE.

You can get the NEW version of Media Center Edition 2005 by clicking HERE. The new version of Media Center Edition 2005 is codenamed "Symphony" and is suppose to have the ability to use three TV tuner cards (2 analog tuners, 1 HDTV over-the-air tuner), advanced editing tools including enhanced DVR-MS file editing, direct-to-DVD recording, multiple remote sessions allowed, media center extender capability for networking in the home, enhanced caller ID, and includes Windows XP Service Pack 2 (WinXP SP2) and the new Windows Media Player 10. So if you don't want to build your own PC-TV HTPC Media PC, then you can go out and buy your own.

If you already have a Media Center PC, according to a recent report from Paul Thurrott, when those PCs that have WinXP MCE 2004 automatically get the WinXP SP2 security updates via online automatic updating of windows, then those Media Center PCs should be upgraded to WinXP MCE 2005 also. However, if you wait to buy one of the new Media Center PCs that already have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 beginning in October 2004, then you may possibly find that the TV Tuner card on those PCs may be an "optional" feature that you will have to buy as an extra option that you have to pay for on top of the cost for the PC because Microsoft has reportedly loosened its requirements that PC manufacturers actually include a TV Tuner card with the PC. So, if you want TV with any new MCE 2005-equppied PC, then you'll want to get the TV Tuner card also. Microsoft also apparently loosened its requirements for buying Windows XP Media Center Edition because you can get it almost by itself without buying a whole new PC but so long as you get Windows XP 2005 Media Center Edition as a bundled purchase such as with a piece of MCE-compatible hardware like a MCE-compatible remote control. (CLICK HERE).

STAY TUNED: UPDATES FOR
THIS PAGE AND THE OTHER
PVR PAGES AT RUEL.NET
ARE STILL IN PROGRESS....

Updates to this page, including Ruel's report on MCE, are forthcoming. So visit here again soon.

This is currently a page of screenshots of Windows XP Media Center Edition on a Hewlett-Packard PC.

Stay tuned and visit this page again for Ruel's report on WinXP MCE.

Happy PC-TV Watching!
Ruel

WinXP MCE Extras:
WinXP Media Center Edition songs
WinXP Media Center Edition Screen Saver
WinXP Media Center Edition Dancers

NOTICE: Ruel provides many free links seen on these pages. If you buy anything, your purchases would be from a linked third-party website(s). The links are for your convenience since everyone asks for suggestions about products. The products should come with their own guarantees and warranties. As for return policies, the various online vendors who are linked should have return policies -- look at the specific vendor information carefully and decide for yourself what card, device, or other product you may want to get.