Watch a movie thru Vista Ultimate 64 Media Center over a 1000mb ne

Have a question. I have been thinking about upgrading from Windows XP 64 to
Vista Ultimate 64 for many reasons.

One of the big reasons is to use Media Center to play movies but I am
wanting to know if I can watch movies from my very powerful 64bit gaming
system (in a different room) that has a 1000mb gaming router connected to it
(Linksys WRT330N) to my Pioneer Elite plasma which has the ability to pull
movies, pics, etc from a media server.

I am new to the media center concept so I don't know if watching movies
(video & audio) is possible over a local network connection.

Anyone help?

Thanks!

Loraik

Yes, Media Center computers can share most content over a local area
network. Items that are protected with DRM may not be able to be shared but
restricted to one PC.

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"Loraik" <> wrote in message
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> Have a question. I have been thinking about upgrading from Windows XP 64
> to
> Vista Ultimate 64 for many reasons.
>
> One of the big reasons is to use Media Center to play movies but I am
> wanting to know if I can watch movies from my very powerful 64bit gaming
> system (in a different room) that has a 1000mb gaming router connected to
> it
> (Linksys WRT330N) to my Pioneer Elite plasma which has the ability to pull
> movies, pics, etc from a media server.
>
> I am new to the media center concept so I don't know if watching movies
> (video & audio) is possible over a local network connection.
>
> Anyone help?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Loraik

Loraik wrote:
> Have a question. I have been thinking about upgrading from Windows XP 64 to
> Vista Ultimate 64 for many reasons.
>
> One of the big reasons is to use Media Center to play movies but I am
> wanting to know if I can watch movies from my very powerful 64bit gaming
> system (in a different room) that has a 1000mb gaming router connected to it
> (Linksys WRT330N) to my Pioneer Elite plasma which has the ability to pull
> movies, pics, etc from a media server.
>
> I am new to the media center concept so I don't know if watching movies
> (video & audio) is possible over a local network connection.
>
> Anyone help?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Loraik


Yes it should work and Vista 64 seems better supported with drivers for
some things than XP 64, if you have any thoughts on using wireless
networking though only 1 linksys wireless card I found worked, a very
similar model didn't and no drivers were available. I assume you will be
using wired though.