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<blockquote data-quote="speedypancake" data-source="post: 35581" data-attributes="member: 17680">Hi guys.I'm the first to admit I'm no computer &quot;boffin&quot;. I am however keen to develop a reliable pc-based media centre.My question is fairly simple - Does anyone here have a good, 99.9% reliable, working version of Media Portal? Honestly? Or do most people (myself included) suffer bugs / glitches / quirks or whatever? No disrespect intended - I admire the time the development team have put in. And on the face of it, the software &quot;looks&quot; great. It's just that when you try to integrate your PC into the real world living room, with things like wives &amp; kids, Media Portal soon begins to look a bit fussy and tempremental. Sorry kids, you'll have to wait while dad re-boots the TV (again).As experimental software for computer literate guys, I'm sure MP is exciting &amp; ground-breaking. But as a reliable, consumer-friendly program, I'm afraid it has a long way to go. Unless you all tell me different....Thanks for what has been an &quot;interesting&quot; couple of months messing around, but I think I'll have to pay for the reliability I need. And I don't mind that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="speedypancake, post: 35581, member: 17680"] Hi guys. I'm the first to admit I'm no computer "boffin". I am however keen to develop a reliable pc-based media centre. My question is fairly simple - Does anyone here have a good, 99.9% reliable, working version of Media Portal? Honestly? Or do most people (myself included) suffer bugs / glitches / quirks or whatever? No disrespect intended - I admire the time the development team have put in. And on the face of it, the software "looks" great. It's just that when you try to integrate your PC into the real world living room, with things like wives & kids, Media Portal soon begins to look a bit fussy and tempremental. Sorry kids, you'll have to wait while dad re-boots the TV (again). As experimental software for computer literate guys, I'm sure MP is exciting & ground-breaking. But as a reliable, consumer-friendly program, I'm afraid it has a long way to go. Unless you all tell me different.... Thanks for what has been an "interesting" couple of months messing around, but I think I'll have to pay for the reliability I need. And I don't mind that. [/QUOTE]

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