[Am-info] ZDNet: Story: The fatal flaw inside MS's new Media Center PCs

[Fred A. Miller]

ZDNet: Story: The fatal flaw inside MS's new Media Center PCs

"What I'm talking about are features built into Windows XP Media Center=20
Edition that let some next-generation PCs act like TiVo-esque personal vi=
deo=20
recorders (PVRs). The first Media Center machines, due before Christmas f=
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HP, also come with a DVD burner. That combination means you can copy TV=20
programs you've recorded using the PVR features from your hard drive to D=
VD.=20

THAT'S WHERE the catch comes in: The DVDs you burn can only be played on =
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same machine on which they were recorded."

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2879600,00.html

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If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot.