Media Center Extender

[Mark Spencer]

Could anyone recommend reliable Media Center Extenders? I've recently moved
house so need to move things around, which is the sole reason for needing a
Media Center Extender. I used to record and watch Uk Terrestrial Tv through
Vista Media Centre, hooked up to my Tv and Hi-Fi and now have a fairly large
catalogue of recorded movies (from terrestrial broadcasts).

My Vista PC will no longer sit in my living room (near the Tv), though my
hi-fi system will (ie amplifier and speakers).

An S-video output from the extender would be useful, until I switch to a
newer Tv (which will have HDMI).

My PC is connected to the internet through a Netgear ADSL wireless router
(which is capable of running at "N" speeds), though this speed shouldnt be
necessary, as my movie collection is on a NAS containing PATA drives and the
effective data transfer rate was only ~3Mb/sec - I never had any jitter
problems.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks
Mark

[Julian Sharp]

Mark

I use an Xbox 360 Arcade. Works a treat.

No need for a hard drive on the Xbox. You can set the Xbox to start in Media
Centre Extender so i just turn it on and it connects

It came with HDMI and component outputs

Julian

Post by Mark Spencer
Could anyone recommend reliable Media Center Extenders? I've recently
moved house so need to move things around, which is the sole reason for
needing a Media Center Extender. I used to record and watch Uk Terrestrial
Tv through Vista Media Centre, hooked up to my Tv and Hi-Fi and now have a
fairly large catalogue of recorded movies (from terrestrial broadcasts).
My Vista PC will no longer sit in my living room (near the Tv), though my
hi-fi system will (ie amplifier and speakers).
An S-video output from the extender would be useful, until I switch to a
newer Tv (which will have HDMI).
My PC is connected to the internet through a Netgear ADSL wireless router
(which is capable of running at "N" speeds), though this speed shouldnt be
necessary, as my movie collection is on a NAS containing PATA drives and
the effective data transfer rate was only ~3Mb/sec - I never had any
jitter problems.
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
Mark