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I'm not sure if WMC supplies any meaningful function these days - especially if you have to pay for it.
It won't play normal commercial DVD's, and for things like TV you don't need tuners etc any more --broadband these days is fast enough.
recently I was in LA and via a proxy was watching a live "footie" (Soccer) stream from the UK -- Internet even in the hotel on Wireless was perfectly fast enough for the video stream-- not even using the Hotel's Hi-Speed Lan - couldn't find a simple thing like a piece of Lan cable in W. Hollywood any more !!! Quality was fine for watching the game on the laptop --which I outputted to the Hotel bedroom's TV -- nice Samsung LCD -- well done W.,Hollywood hotels - far cheaper than downtown LA, (short bus ride to Santa Monica beach and Venice Blvd --also a great experience) and far more interesting than downtown LA.
Internet speed will not really be a limiting factor any more.
So can anyone tell me what do you use WMC for or are you installing it just because at the moment "It's there and free".
Cheers
jimbo
I'm not sure if WMC supplies any meaningful function these days - especially if you have to pay for it.
It won't play normal commercial DVD's, and for things like TV you don't need tuners etc any more --broadband these days is fast enough.
recently I was in LA and via a proxy was watching a live "footie" (Soccer) stream from the UK -- Internet even in the hotel on Wireless was perfectly fast enough for the video stream-- not even using the Hotel's Hi-Speed Lan - couldn't find a simple thing like a piece of Lan cable in W. Hollywood any more !!! Quality was fine for watching the game on the laptop --which I outputted to the Hotel bedroom's TV -- nice Samsung LCD -- well done W.,Hollywood hotels - far cheaper than downtown LA, (short bus ride to Santa Monica beach and Venice Blvd --also a great experience) and far more interesting than downtown LA.
Internet speed will not really be a limiting factor any more.
So can anyone tell me what do you use WMC for or are you installing it just because at the moment "It's there and free".
Cheers
jimbo
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