Building your own Media Center Extender -how to control with a Rem

"Barb Bowman" <> wrote in message
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> and currently, other than the Xbox 360, all the vendors that produced
> Vista/W7
> compatible V2 extenders other than D-Link (DSM-750) have discontinued
> their
> products. Many audio/video enthusiasts find the 360 too noisy.
>

Personally I was disappointed to find that the Linksys DMA2100 and DMA2200
were discontinued because I own several of each and have found that with a
few additional pieces of software that they work quite well in a mixed
Windows Vista/Windows 7environment. I particularly like how quiet they are
and the price point (I paid $79 for the DMA2100 and $99 for the DMA2200). I
also think that the product quality was outstanding.

I've tried to use my XBox360 as an extender, but as you mention, it is far
too noisy to be placed in a serious environment for watching progamming and
it also is fairly power-hungry when compared to the stand-alone extender
boxes.

-Pete

Hi Pete,
I agree the yearly $$ for running 360's is also not pretty.

But I'm curious as to what additional software and tweaks you've added to the
mix ;-)

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:18:45 -0500, "Pete Delgado" <>
wrote:

>Personally I was disappointed to find that the Linksys DMA2100 and DMA2200
>were discontinued because I own several of each and have found that with a
>few additional pieces of software that they work quite well in a mixed
>Windows Vista/Windows 7environment. I particularly like how quiet they are
>and the price point (I paid $79 for the DMA2100 and $99 for the DMA2200). I
>also think that the product quality was outstanding.
>
>I've tried to use my XBox360 as an extender, but as you mention, it is far
>too noisy to be placed in a serious environment for watching progamming and
>it also is fairly power-hungry when compared to the stand-alone extender
>boxes.
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

"Barb Bowman" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Pete,
> I agree the yearly $$ for running 360's is also not pretty.
>
> But I'm curious as to what additional software and tweaks you've added to
> the
> mix ;-)

I use many of the "standard" media tools on the system such as AnyDVD and
DVDShrink. I use many of the specific MCE tools that other folks on TGB have
been using and advocating as well. I've also got a couple of small
applications that I have personally written -I 'm a software developer and
can't help myself! ;-)

-Pete

sounds cool ;-)

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:24:54 -0500, "Pete Delgado" <>
wrote:

>I've also got a couple of small
>applications that I have personally written -I 'm a software developer and
>can't help myself! ;-)
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

"Barb Bowman" <> wrote in message
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> sounds cool ;-)
>

The cool part (or the difficult part depending upon how you look at it) is
the fact that I am running an AD domain *and* a WHS within my network! There
are a variety of reasons for using a full domain (testing, use of Team
Foundation Server and domain group policy + roaming profiles) and for using
WHS within it (image backups, tv archive, development platform).

PS: Thanks for your blogs and articles Barb. I've really enjoyed them over
the years!

-Pete