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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Microsoft has just announced and released Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, the updated version of the media center OS. Here's a list of all the updates.

The biggest new feature appears to be the addition of radio to the media mix, and the ability to pause and rewind live FM radio. They don't mention the ability to schedule recordings, but I'm sure that's just another software update away, and they'd have created every geeks dream: tivo for radio. I would love to come home and be able to enjoy one of many recorded radio programs at my leisure.

The interactive demo is a great way to see everything that is new. Due to the weird restrictions that the OS is only offered on new PCs, users of the previous version will need to contact their vendor to get the new OS, which is kind of lame.

by Matt Haughey September 30, 2003 in News

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Griffin Technology has something similar due to ship in October called the radio shark (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark/index.html). Waiting to get mine so i don't have to miss Car Talk anymore.

Posted by: phil leitch at Sep 30, 2003 3:11:45 PM

http://www.replay-radio.com/

I've been using Replay Radio to schedule recordings of NPR shows. It's great because I wake up in the morning, transfer them to my Archos Jukebox, and listen to them on the way to work. You can also "quick record" anything coming through your sound card, including internet radio stations, online music services, audioblog posts, etc. You can even have the software burn the shows directly to a CD.

It's pretty slick, and I really like it. Caveat that I got a free copy of the software from the company, but I would have ponied up the money after the demo anyway. It doesn't pause live radio, but it time- and place-shifts the shows *I* want to hear!

Jenny

Posted by: Jenny Levine at Sep 30, 2003 8:48:25 PM

Thanks for that mention Jenny. I've tried out a program on my powerbook called InetStreamer (I think) but since my powerbook is often asleep, it wasn't much good at taping NPR while I slept. I've got a PC desktop I could run replay radio on, so I'll give it a go, thanks!

Posted by: Matt Haughey at Oct 1, 2003 10:46:58 AM

I had a computer gave to me for FREE its a ATHLON XP 2400+ with 1 gig of RAM.It came with Windows 98 SE. I downloaded Windows XP PRO from KaZaa & burnt it to CD it works great. I also downloaded Server 2003.But what i was woundering is where can i download windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 for FREE???
PLEASE HELP THANKS

Posted by: Roger Baker at Mar 20, 2004 8:43:49 PM

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark/index.html

Posted by: uugii at Aug 29, 2004 3:43:24 AM

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