What is the Media Center like program HP uses?

[Nemmeh]

I can't remember the piece of software that comes bundled on the HP media center PC's. I do remember from looking at the website that it's just a regular application where you can use a wide variety of video cards and just buy the remote along with it as well.

I'm much rather go this route than having to fork out the dough for a dell media pc. Does anyone remember the name of the application? It's something with an S....

Thanks

 

[mamisano]

Well, Media Center is an actual Windows XP based product, only installed on HP machines. You can get a freeware HTPC program called MyHTPC.

 

[Nemmeh]

No no.. not Windows XP media center.. there is another application that mimmicks the features that are offered with XP MC. It's a standalone product, usually can be bought with a winTV video capture card and remote..

I know what XP media center is and what I'm referring to isn't it..

 

[Chucko]

All HP media center pcs run Windows Media Center Edition (WMCE). Dell uses a program on their pcs that is similar to WMCE. Are you sure that you don't have Dell and HP confused. Also I believe that another program called Snapstream (I think thats it) is very similar to some of the video/tv features in WMCE.

 

[Nemmeh]

Yep, I think snapstream is what I was wanting..

Thanks guys.