Planning to get this for my HTPC. Anyone using this with Windows 7 Media Center ? Gripes or recommendations ?
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I use it with my Win 7 HTPC. Love it - and I don't have any signal strength issues. I plugged the tiny receiver into a front USB port...and I can reliably use it from anywhere in my living room.My only gripe is that my mouse thumbpad is finicky - pointer moves when I either depress it to click or lift my thumb off. But there is also a dedicated mouse click button, so I use that. Have to also hold down the function key to make it a right click, so that's a bit awkward.
468946
My whole family has been incredibly happy with it for controlling our HTPC. Which we use a lot. Functions near perfect, and amazing battery life. My only complaint is that the USB dongle seems a little... weak. We are set up on a small 32" TV, so our couch is fairly close, and sometimes we STILL have to lean forward on the couch to get it to communicate consistently. And I had to put the dongle on a USB port on the front of the case, because it was even more horrible when I had it hidden around back!But other than that, it's a wonderful little HTPC remote.
468947
My whole family has been incredibly happy with it for controlling our HTPC. Which we use a lot. Functions near perfect, and amazing battery life. My only complaint is that the USB dongle seems a little... weak. We are set up on a small 32" TV, so our couch is fairly close, and sometimes we STILL have to lean forward on the couch to get it to communicate consistently. And I had to put the dongle on a USB port on the front of the case, because it was even more horrible when I had it hidden around back! But other than that, it's a wonderful little HTPC remote.
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I use this with win7 pro 64bit on a dual processor dell and the software is vidblaster home addition... video only no sound and it works very well....
587150
No reason why you can't use it for HTPC, though image retention is pretty likely. The anti-image retention options on the TV itself aren't that strong, though the scrolling black and white bars does work. Your HTPC should be able to dim/blank the screen when idel though...
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Yes, I have ours fed into two Sharp 70" led panels and the HDMI audio feed works through both panels with no issues at all. The room has its own audio so we don't run the sound on the panels, but the option is there and works. Did you get all the way into the sound settings on your mini? I'm not a Mac whiz, so I don't know exactly which steps you take, but there was more than one until we saw the HDMI choice. Actually the Mac is a dual boot to win7pro and it works on that operating system too. I can't stress how happy I was when I got my hands on the accell adapters, passive adapters just plain screwed me around in circles!
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Not sure - but I did find it annoying the remote did not have direction keys (ie: up, down, left, right) it only has a mouse which isn't always effective for htpc configurations especially when the application UI is normally manipulated with direction keys for quick navigation. My use was on a htpc with xbmc and had to return the product because it didn't satisfy my need. Hope this helps.Wm
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I was running one on Win7-64 and upgraded to Windows 8. It works fine. Note that you have to purchase Media Center separately for Windows 8. However, they are offering if for free with Win-8 PRO for a while.
257219
Amazon has a good picture of the hardware content in the box. The software is only Hauppauge drivers and utilities which includes WinTV7 their product interface. Hope this helps. P.S. I found their product very buggy and if you peruse some of the other reviews you get a feeling it's very time consuming to get it to work right.
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I can confirm. XBMC works flawlessly with this nuc. The IR is perfect as well when paired with the microsoft dvd player. I don't have any audio sync issues. I have made 4 i3 nucs for others. None have reported the problems mentioned above.
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Fine. I am using VLC media player on Linux Mint though. Maybe Win8 has higher demands. I haven't tried it.
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It has it's own software and it is pretty good. I don't think it will run using MS Media Center.I have trouble with scheduled recording but I think it's due to a difference between reg TV and HDTV???I have experienced trouble with the unit heating up. It seems to get hot and then the recording starts skipping and halting???
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Not sure what your set-up is but we use a dedicated HTPC as audio/video/BluRay source fed through a video card with HDMI-out interface. HDMI cable from PC feeds into an Onkyo Home Theater A-V receiver which processes the audio and video signals from the PC. HDMI-out from A-V receiver feeds video (only) to a projector for viewing movies, internet, photos on a big screen, etc. Receiver plays full 7.2 surround-sound audio for both music and video. Hooked up a separate computer monitor on the DVI-D-out interface coming from the same PC video card to avoid having to turn on the projector for everything. This versatile system offers the best of all worlds for viewing and listening enjoyment as well as internet surfing and general computer use. Everything plays in the highest quality and is right there at our fingertips with a few clicks of the mouse button. We use a dedicated HTPC but the same set-up could be easily achieved with a laptop if it has an HDMI-out. Hope this is helpful.
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I'm now running it on a Dell XPS i7 Win 7 64-bit PC and it does a good job with the Dolby Digital output to a set of Boston Acoustic PC speakers with Dolby Digital support. I haven't tried it on a normal AV receiver with DTS so don't know it that problem been connected. I'm completely happy with it for the price of the board.
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It works just fine with both Win 7 and Win 8.1... I will say that under either OS, if I leave the interface up, eventually the USB drops the connection with the PC and I have to power cycle the unit or unplug and plug back in the USB cable. There may be newer drivers which address this or it maybe configurations I can modify on my PC. But to your question, "how well does it work," I get smooth streaming sound when I'm working with it ... did you have specific requirements in mind?
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Dear Mediabridge,You are right. I am having trouble getting audio through TV when I connect HDMI to my HP PC with Window7 and 37LG10 TV. I changes audio playback device setting to TV/HDMI default. On testing HDMI audio, it says this device is already in use. Could you please help me to get Audio. Thank you.Regards,BK
781123
Windows Media Center on my HTPC doesn't respond to it so I'm going to say probably not.
539778
No....nor will it work on any other program other than windows media center. Unless you can find some type of converter. Forget the DCR2650. I had nothing but problems with it. Get the Silicon Dust Homerun Prime.
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I did purchase this. Right now we're in the process of re-locating so sadly im leaving in box til we get settled. I actually got this as a replacement for a htib system I bought 5 yrs ago. For what I do with it, basic home theater no designated media room, I have had no problems. This system is a 7.1 so you will get the 2 extra surround that you don't get with the system you mentioned. This system also got good reviews on cnet.com if that helps at all. When I get settled and set up ill try to update.