Difference between revisions of "Metcarob's Windows MCE vs Linux MCE Comparison"

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<tr><th></th><th>Windows Media Centre</th><th>LinuxMCE</th></tr>
 
<tr><th></th><th>Windows Media Centre</th><th>LinuxMCE</th></tr>
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<th valign=top>Manufacturer</th>
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<td valign=top>Eversham - EBox (Eversham have gone bust now)</td>
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<td valign=top>Built myself</td>
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<th valign=top>Operating System</th>
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<td valign=top>Microsoft Windows XP<BR>Media Centre Edition<BR>Vesion 2002<BR>Service Pack 3</td>
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<td valign=top>LinuxMCE DVD Install</td>
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<th valign=top>Motherboard</th>
 
<th valign=top>Motherboard</th>
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<th valign=top>Processor</th>
 
<th valign=top>Processor</th>
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<td valign=top>Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.00Ghz</td>
 
<td valign=top>Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz</td>
 
<td valign=top>Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz</td>
 
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<th valign=top>RAM</th>
 
<th valign=top>RAM</th>
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<td valign=top>1Gb</td>
 
<td valign=top>1Gb (2x512Mb Sims www.crucial.com)</td>
 
<td valign=top>1Gb (2x512Mb Sims www.crucial.com)</td>
 
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Revision as of 14:09, 2 May 2009

I have both a Windows XP Media centre PC and a LinuxMCE PC set up in my living room attached to my TV. I am hoping to replace the windows Media centre PC but before I do this I need to ensure that LinuxMCE is up to the job of replacing it. I am hoping the LinuxMCE community will be able to assist me with advice on how to get LinuxMCE performing the way I want it. For this reason I have created this page comparing the two highlighting areas where the LinuxMCE set up is not currently living up to my requirements.

Base Systems

Windows Media CentreLinuxMCE
Manufacturer Eversham - EBox (Eversham have gone bust now) Built myself
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Media Centre Edition
Vesion 2002
Service Pack 3
LinuxMCE DVD Install
Motherboard Abit AA8-Duramax
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=AA8-DuraMAX&fMTYPE=LGA775
06/12/2004-i925X-W83627-6A79FA19C-12
Processor Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.00Ghz Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz
RAM 1Gb 1Gb (2x512Mb Sims www.crucial.com)
Graphics Card NVidia Geforce 6600GT
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6600.html
External Network Card On Motherboard (1 x RJ-45 GbE LAN Connector)
Internal Network Card None EtherFast Lan Adapter SP2500RS 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation
http://www.micronet.info/model_detail.aspx?series_no=5&sno=211
TV Capture Card 1 Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T500 Dual Digital Tuner
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500
Not the diversity model
TV Capture Card 2 None
Hard Disk Seegate Barracuda 7200.8 500Gb
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=46cc99f4fa74c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US&reqPage=Model&modelReqTab=TechSpecs