What's Up With Media Center

I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade disk.
I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV shows.
I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7 Media Cenater.
I hear that media Center has changed significantly in Win 8.
I was warned that I should not upgrade to Win 8 because I would not
like its media Center.
What is different?

OldGuy nospam spamnot.com wrote:

I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade
disk. I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV
shows. I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7
Media Cenater. I hear that media Center has changed
significantly in Win 8. I was warned that I should not upgrade
to Win 8 because I would not like its media Center.
What is different?

Why you should not upgrade is not the question.

Why should you upgrade is the question.

If windows seven is working well for you, stay with it.

Unless you have devices that need windows eight functionality, you
don't want to upgrade. Stop worrying about it. It's not getting
better, Microsoft is just trying to capture the ultra portable PC
market.

On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:39:28 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

OldGuy nospam spamnot.com wrote:

I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade
disk. I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV
shows. I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7
Media Cenater. I hear that media Center has changed
significantly in Win 8. I was warned that I should not upgrade
to Win 8 because I would not like its media Center.
What is different?

Why you should not upgrade is not the question.

Why should you upgrade is the question.

If windows seven is working well for you, stay with it.

Unless you have devices that need windows eight functionality, you
don't want to upgrade. Stop worrying about it. It's not getting
better, Microsoft is just trying to capture the ultra portable PC
market.
Well said.

OldGuy wrote:
I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade disk.
I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV shows.
I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7 Media Cenater.
I hear that media Center has changed significantly in Win 8.
I was warned that I should not upgrade to Win 8 because I would not like
its media Center.
What is different?



http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2013/05...-to-windows-8/

"In short, I find running Windows 8 on a front-room PC a slightly worse
experience than Windows 7 was. This is partly because the option to
launch Media Center automatically when Windows starts up has been removed.
Microsoft, with depressing dogmatism, has decided that it doesn’t want
your PC to boot into anything other than the Metro Start screen, so if
you want to launch Media Center you’ll now have to do it yourself."

"Another irritation is the fact that Windows 8 insists on a minimum vertical
resolution of 768 lines. This means it refuses to support the native
720p resolution of my TV (something Windows 7 did without a murmur
of complaint). The television is thus forced to use the only other mode
it supports, namely 1080i emulation. We end up in the ridiculous situation
of 720p media being upscaled to 1080 lines by Windows, only to be re-sampled
back down to 720 lines by the TV."

Paul

"OldGuy" wrote in message ...


I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade disk.
I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV shows.
I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7 Media Cenater.
I hear that media Center has changed significantly in Win 8.
I was warned that I should not upgrade to Win 8 because I would not
like its media Center.
What is different?


Media Center is not included in Win8 Pro.
It is a fee based 'Add Windows Features' option (iirc $10 for Win8 Pro and $99 for Win 8).
- For a short period of time after Win8 RTM is was free to Win8 Pro early adopters.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-center/get-it
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../feature-packs

Purchasing and installing Win 8 Media Center does a few things.
1. Changes the name of the operating system from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
2. Changes the product key (the Media Center product key replaces the Windows product key)
3. Converts the prior Win8 license (OEM, retail, Personal Use System builder) to a retail license.


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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Paul nospam needed.com wrote:

"Another irritation is the fact that Windows 8 insists on a
minimum vertical resolution of 768 lines.

Since Windows XP I guess, in windows explorer, in the left hand
window (the "navigation pain" or whatever it's called), you must
click on a folder to show its contents in the right hand window. You
can no longer use the arrow key to select the folder name and
automatically show its contents on the right hand side. That has to
be one of the dumbest things Microsoft has ever done. I know there
are lots more...

On 2013-06-30, ...winston wrote:

"OldGuy" wrote in message ...


I am currently running Win 7 Pro and have a Win 8 Pro upgrade disk.
I use WIn 7 Media Center all the time.
I have a TV card that I use to watch and record my favorite TV shows.
I also play BLU-Ray movies and DVD movies using Win 7 Media Cenater.
I hear that media Center has changed significantly in Win 8.
I was warned that I should not upgrade to Win 8 because I would not
like its media Center.
What is different?


Media Center is not included in Win8 Pro.
It is a fee based 'Add Windows Features' option (iirc $10 for Win8 Pro and $99 for Win 8).
- For a short period of time after Win8 RTM is was free to Win8 Pro early adopters.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-center/get-it
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../feature-packs

Purchasing and installing Win 8 Media Center does a few things.
1. Changes the name of the operating system from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
2. Changes the product key (the Media Center product key replaces the Windows product key)
3. Converts the prior Win8 license (OEM, retail, Personal Use System builder) to a retail license.


-- --
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps



So, does that mean 8.1 will not force "autoplay" onto all my drives if
media center isn't included? Or is the ms media player also doing the
same thing?

I have to turn off autoplay because it is interferring with my copying
the audio files from the nas to my usb 3 hdd since it would popup
for a response needed; configuing the hdd not to response to the
autoplay demand doesn't work.