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post #121 of 180
11/3/09 at 5:51pm
I think Windows Media Center is much improved too.
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post #122 of 180
11/3/09 at 6:01pm
I also like the Libraries functionallity integrated with the Windows Explorer, so you can use your media on WMP or the WMC or even other media players in case you need.
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post #123 of 180
11/3/09 at 6:17pm
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Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim View Post
IT IS THE SAME THING!

Seriously, are you completely brain dead? You can't say Win98SE is superior for gaming and then discount that it WILL NOT PLAY most games because it does not support modern hardware that it takes to run them.

And yet you are repeatedly doing so.

You obviously have no proof to back up your assertions, which is why you've posted the same idiotic thing four or five times in a row now.

When you grow up, hopefully you'll learn not to spout off and pretend you know what you are talking about. If not, everyone around you who knows anything is going to think you are a complete idiot like everyone in this thread now does. Thanks for the entertainment.

What do you mean grow up? He's got 25 years experience and knows what risc and cisc are! He's oldsk00l.

Btw, why are you still arguing with him? It's a pointless endeavor.
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post #124 of 180
11/3/09 at 6:52pm
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Originally Posted by GQgeek View Post
What do you mean grow up? He's got 25 years experience and knows what risc and cisc are! He's oldsk00l.

Btw, why are you still arguing with him? It's a pointless endeavor.

It's what I do. Being old has nothing to do with being grown up. He has the mental acuity of a child.

I pity anyone he's built a computer for.
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post #125 of 180
11/3/09 at 7:35pm
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It's what I do. Being old has nothing to do with being grown up. He has the mental acuity of a child.

I pity anyone he's built a computer for.

I'm sure he built a good machine. In 1998.
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post #126 of 180
11/3/09 at 7:37pm
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no, I wanna see the quote where I said you need weaker processors for gaming ..

This is Windows 98 for you:

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post #127 of 180
11/3/09 at 8:20pm
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I'm sure he built a good machine. In 1998.

I'd pay monopoly dollars to a moderator to change his avatar from that weird person to a Win98 logo, and lock it so he can't change it back. Then he can be Tokyo Slim's Win98 twin buddy.
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post #128 of 180
11/3/09 at 8:28pm
lakewolf, I agree I love Windows 7. Yes I am having some compatibility issues but the list of programs is small and I am dual booting to Win XP to compensate.

I will say that I expected Windows Media Center to play Blu-Ray DVDs but was surprised to see that it did not. No big deal, as I will be buying an app so I can play Blu-Ray on my PC.
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post #129 of 180
11/3/09 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by Ace Rimmer View Post
lakewolf, I agree I love Windows 7. Yes I am having some compatibility issues but the list of programs is small and I am dual booting to Win XP to compensate. I will say that I expected Windows Media Center to play Blu-Ray DVDs but was surprised to see that it did not. No big deal, as I will be buying an app so I can play Blu-Ray on my PC.
Maybe you need only to buy a decoder because the decoder was not included on your Windows 7 version. When I had Windows XP Media Center edition, I could not read the normal DVDs without a decoder, something you could buy for 20 bucks online anyway. But the Window XP Media Center Home Premium included the decoder in the package. I have the Windows 7 Home Premium installed, don't have the Blu-Ray reader so I can't confirm if you can read them with this version, but normal DVDs are played OK.
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post #130 of 180
11/3/09 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by lakewolf View Post
Maybe you need only to buy a decoder because the decoder was not included on your Windows 7 version.

When I had Windows XP Media Center edition, I could not read the normal DVDs without a decoder, something you could buy for 20 bucks online anyway. But the Window XP Media Center Home Premium included the decoder in the package.

I have the Windows 7 Home Premium installed, don't have the Blu-Ray reader so I can't confirm if you can read them with this version, but normal DVDs are played OK.

This wouldn't surprise me given that blue-ray=$ony.
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post #131 of 180
11/4/09 at 3:55am
Yeah, apparently there is no first party support from Windows for BR decoding. You have to install third party software (Either PowerDVD9 or TMT at the moment) to play the disks, but once you do, they should play in WMC.

It's only a matter of time before free codecs are available (crosses fingers). You can either wait it out, or rip your BR disks to .m2ts, which WMC should play natively.
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post #132 of 180
11/4/09 at 10:13am
80% of this thread has been tokyo slim vs coldarchon. well enjoyed.
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post #133 of 180
11/4/09 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by lakewolf View Post
I have the Windows 7 Home Premium installed, don't have the Blu-Ray reader so I can't confirm if you can read them with this version, but normal DVDs are played OK.

I am also running Home Premium. I bought a LG BD ROM (not writer) drive so I could view movies on the PC. You know if I had spent an extra $10 to buy the retail version of my BD ROM drive it probably would have come with free Blu-Ray software.

TS, I will probably buy PowerDVD 9. I have PowerDVD 5.0 for "regular" DVD watching and I've been happy with it.
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post #134 of 180
11/4/09 at 12:01pm
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I am also running Home Premium. I bought a LG BD ROM (not writer) drive so I could view movies on the PC. You know if I had spent an extra $10 to buy the retail version of my BD ROM drive it probably would have come with free Blu-Ray software.

I believe it does.

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TS, I will probably buy PowerDVD 9. I have PowerDVD 5.0 for "regular" DVD watching and I've been happy with it.

I hear it works the best out of the current options.
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post #135 of 180
11/4/09 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by Alias View Post
I'd pay monopoly dollars to a moderator to change his avatar from that weird person to a Win98 logo, and lock it so he can't change it back. Then he can be Tokyo Slim's Win98 twin buddy.

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