[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Reynolds, Brian]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]
> On Behalf Of Ryan Patterson
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:01 AM
> To: Discussion about MythTV
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center
> 
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Reynolds, Brian
> <Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
> > However, I have TONS AND TONS of experience with Windows (since Windows
> > was an infant... think 1.0).  I know that nearly everything in Windows
> > can be hacked.  From what I've read, Win MCE will do 99.9% of what I
> > want to do, with those hacks.
> 
> You are going to pay microsoft hundreds of dollars (windows 7 on
> amazon = $270) for a product that you know is flawed and must fixed
> with "hacks"? . . . Weird.
> 
> -Ryan

Actually, I can get it for about $100 through my employer.  I've been modifying the behavior of Windows for years.  No problem here.