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Windows XP Media Center 2005 Review

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“I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center 2005 to review. Media Center is Microsoft’s answer to Tivo. It allows you to create your own Digital Video Recorder (DVR). You can do everything that Tivo allows you to do and more. In the following review I will show you some of the advantages of Media Center; along with the disadvantages (there are a few). “

We have heard mixed feelings about Windows XP Media Center 2005. Some people seem to think its a vast improvement over its predessesor while others are still dissapointed that there is no real support for HDTV broadcasts. We have not had a chance to play with this new operating system yet.

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