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Ok, it's not poser/Posette <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/heartbeat.gif" alt="" /> related but I want to tell you about my last "experiment". <br /> <br /> Just under my tv I had a sat receiver and a dvd/dvx reader + a dolby 5.1 amplifier. <br /> <br /> I spent 59 € for the amplifier some times ago at the hard discount store, the receiver was a "dreambox" and it costed me a lot and the dvd/dvx reader costs 39 €. <br /> <br /> I had the problem that the dxd read was unable to read all the dvx codecs so I thought to build a media center <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/lol.gif" alt="" /> ... <br /> <br /> I sold the sat receiver at ebay for the right amount of € and bought a a barebone case, here it is : <a class="post-url" href="http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3669&item=6784205253&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW" target="_blank">(Tormie's Minipc)</a> <br /> <br /> The I added the old cpu. memory modules and graphic card from my brother's pc (Ok, I bought for him new ones, more powerful, at ebay <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> ) and bought at ebay an hard disk, a sat card <a class="post-url" href="http://www.technisat.de/de/produkte/produkteview.php?kid=1,29&pid=1390" target="_blank">(Tormie's sat card)</a> and what I plundered from my brother's PC <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_whistle.gif" alt="" /> and assembled it all. I needed also a windows xp media center 2005 edition with the IR remote control and a wireless keyboard, mouse and lan card, found at a reasonable price at ebay. <br /> At last it costed me about 400 €, I found the money selling my reciever (250€) , an old russian radio and a commodore 64 C <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/crybaby2.gif" alt="" /> (But I still have a better and older one here <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_whistle.gif" alt="" /> ) <br /> <br /> It works very well <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" /> , but the reason why I posted this message is that if you want to do something similar I suggest you to try this wonderful (and totally freeware <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_whistle.gif" alt="" /> ) piece of software :<a class="post-url" href="http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Mediaportal</a> <br /> It's an alternative to the Windows Media Center and it works better, a lot better and has the support for all my old <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif" alt="" /> hardware (I don't need new things to do a simple job like reading some dvx on the dvd reader). <br /> <br /> Try it, it worths the cost (zero)... <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/lol.gif" alt="" />

Very cool Tormie, looks like your all set to go now. <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thank you GP, it just one of my useless but very expensive things <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_shifty.gif" alt="" />

Cool! <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/thumb.gif" alt="" />

The difference between men and boys is the price of the toys <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/thumb.gif" alt="" />

<img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/thumb.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> Pangor