All ready for the xBox
SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has released a huge upgrade to its Media Center operating system in readiness for the release of the new Xbox 360.
The upgrade fixes more than 500 known bugs, which, even as Vole goes, is something of a record. Those running the media centre will not notice much different, but everything is supposed to be a lot more stable.
Dubbed Windows XP Media Center Edition Rollup Update Version 2, the update supports fhigh-definition video over a home network to Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 game console.
It will allow a Media Center PC to run two ATSC television cards and play and/or record up to four TV programs at once.
It will be possible to stream HD or SD programming from the PC to a Media Center Extender or to the Xbox 360.
There are some downsides. You can only access over the air high-definition programmes and not those coming from cable-television set-top boxes, they will allow access only to standard-definition broadcasts.
If you try to burn an over-the-air HD progamme to a DVD, the VoleWare will change it to standard definition.
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