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<blockquote data-quote="Dazzyb2K3" data-source="post: 17921" data-attributes="member: 13433"><p>Just curious really, and it might throw up some interesting features that people liked and could be considered for future versions of MP. :wink:</p><p></p><p>I've worked through dozens of apps in the last few years. (Please note these are only my personal experiences) Noteworthy ones include:</p><p></p><p>MYHTPC </p><p>A great fronend in a time before we had many 'complete' apps. </p><p></p><p>SHOWSHIFTER</p><p>Which i ran full time in the living room for about 2 years - after a couple of initial teething problems it turned out to be quite stable and pretty much never missed a recording. Eventually the clunky interface and lack of dual tuner support got the better of me. Very snappy operation and the now/next feature was well implimented. Good community and great plugins.</p><p></p><p>DigiTV</p><p>Good:Great UK combined hardware/software package. Rock solid, great webinterface and LAN streaming built in, also one of the few apps to fully support DVB teletext and interactive. </p><p></p><p>Bad<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />idn't play DVD's and lack of intelligent recording (timer based only) was a pain.</p><p></p><p>GBPVR</p><p>Good: Very crisp and easy to use interface - big fots that look great on the telly and lightning fast operation. Recording service works seperately from the main program so even if the front end crashes or program is not active it will still record. The on screen mini-epg OSD is inspired (the MP guys should look at this - such a great idea). And liked the way it displays recording now/next on the home page. </p><p></p><p>Bad:Kept recording audio out of sync and randomly throwing away channels from the epg. Not too many features 'out of the box' and some of the plugins are a little ropey.</p><p></p><p>MCE 2005</p><p>Good:Very snazzy and easy to configure. Easy to use. Probably the best 'complete' package.</p><p></p><p>Bad:Would randomly loose ALL channel information and lack of expandability/configuration options meant there was nothing much for me to play with <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Media Portal</p><p>Good:Incredible feature set and fantastics plugins. Enough options to keep me tweaking for years! Great development and best support I have come across. Other than SS, this is the only app that has all the features and has never done 'stupid' things like throwing away channels/recordings, epg data etc. Great support for External Displays.</p><p></p><p>Bad: Small skin fonts are unreadable on the telly. The interface isn't quite as intuitive as it might be. The 'timeout' feature where the ZAPOsd automatically changes channels annoys the hell out of me!</p><p></p><p>I'm sticking with MP because it has all the things (and more) that I like and I can live with the things I don't. The development is strong and exciting and the community is great.....Oh, and it's free! I can't wait to see where MP will be in a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>Keep up the good work- for me this is the best app out there!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dazzyb2K3, post: 17921, member: 13433"] Just curious really, and it might throw up some interesting features that people liked and could be considered for future versions of MP. :wink: I've worked through dozens of apps in the last few years. (Please note these are only my personal experiences) Noteworthy ones include: MYHTPC A great fronend in a time before we had many 'complete' apps. SHOWSHIFTER Which i ran full time in the living room for about 2 years - after a couple of initial teething problems it turned out to be quite stable and pretty much never missed a recording. Eventually the clunky interface and lack of dual tuner support got the better of me. Very snappy operation and the now/next feature was well implimented. Good community and great plugins. DigiTV Good:Great UK combined hardware/software package. Rock solid, great webinterface and LAN streaming built in, also one of the few apps to fully support DVB teletext and interactive. Bad:Didn't play DVD's and lack of intelligent recording (timer based only) was a pain. GBPVR Good: Very crisp and easy to use interface - big fots that look great on the telly and lightning fast operation. Recording service works seperately from the main program so even if the front end crashes or program is not active it will still record. The on screen mini-epg OSD is inspired (the MP guys should look at this - such a great idea). And liked the way it displays recording now/next on the home page. Bad:Kept recording audio out of sync and randomly throwing away channels from the epg. Not too many features 'out of the box' and some of the plugins are a little ropey. MCE 2005 Good:Very snazzy and easy to configure. Easy to use. Probably the best 'complete' package. Bad:Would randomly loose ALL channel information and lack of expandability/configuration options meant there was nothing much for me to play with :( Media Portal Good:Incredible feature set and fantastics plugins. Enough options to keep me tweaking for years! Great development and best support I have come across. Other than SS, this is the only app that has all the features and has never done 'stupid' things like throwing away channels/recordings, epg data etc. Great support for External Displays. Bad: Small skin fonts are unreadable on the telly. The interface isn't quite as intuitive as it might be. The 'timeout' feature where the ZAPOsd automatically changes channels annoys the hell out of me! I'm sticking with MP because it has all the things (and more) that I like and I can live with the things I don't. The development is strong and exciting and the community is great.....Oh, and it's free! I can't wait to see where MP will be in a couple of years. Keep up the good work- for me this is the best app out there! [/QUOTE]
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