Hi Ray,
We have a PC in the living room, and it is our complete Media Centre. We
play DVDS, CDS, MP3, and most other kinds of media on it. It saves having
a
separate DVD player, CD player, Video Recorder, etc. Because of Nebula,
we
can record accessibly, as you can with this stand-alone Media Centre, but
we
do get pictures. This means I can burn DVDs for my sister and parents, if
I
want to. Finally, it is networked wirelessly to our PCs upstairs, so I
have
about 300gb of storage available to it, which means I can store my
complete
CD collection in one place.
Now that you can buy quiet PCs, or even a laptop, which I use in the
living
room, a PC doesn't have to stick out like a sore thumb, where furniture is
concerned. I personally think a PC is the best Media Centre there is,
even
if you don't have the Media Centre version of Windows.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Ray Hazan
Sent: 15 May 2006 19:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
Graham,
But who wants or has a PC in the living room?
Mine is up here in a converted bedroom and I would prefer to sit with my
wide downstairs!
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
yes, that price is absolutely unjustifiable given the amount of
information
available on the internet. I can't see who would possibly want to pay
this
apart maybe from someone who has recently lost their site who is quite
well
off. You could get a very well specified desktop computer for this
price.
It may be appropriate for organisations such as schools local societies
for
the blind or libraries so people can look up television related
information.
A lot for one person to justify though.
Cheers
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:40 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
Not quite everyone has kept quiet. On this page at the Audio Description
Newsletter the price is said to be £850. I'll have to sell my second
yacht
yet again!
this is the link
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_A
Dnewsletter2005.hcsp
Vince.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Henshall" <oceania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:22 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
Hi
For some reason, everyone seems to be keeping very quiet about the price
of this hing. It's almost the first link on the Portset website but
here
again, no mention of price. Maybe we'll find out at Sight Village this
year?
Cheers,
Sandra.
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