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<blockquote data-quote="Skytravel" data-source="post: 946464" data-attributes="member: 134736"><p>Hi there</p><p> </p><p>I'm receiving my new system tomorrow</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AMD A10-5700 </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">8Gb RAM </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">120Gb SSD </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">DVD-RW </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Wifi and Win 7-64bit.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">adding usb Ariel convertor</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">MCE remote</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Should I install win 8 over the top of it while Win 8 is still cheap? I don't have much experience with MP and so far test attempts on my current system of old and the new beta MP have failed (can't get it to add video folders when selecting them that are in my NAS).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My system will be for Freeview with PVR capability (don't record much but nice to have) and used for catchup TV such as Iplayer, ITV, 4OD and 5OD. I have a zytel NAS which will also connect to the system. I'm not going to be ripping blu-rays or focusing too much on high quality videos. Trying to get the system as wife friendly as possible. she was ok with WMC7 previously but the layout for finding movies/music/pics etc was poor in WMC7.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Can anyone point me in the right direction if I should either?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1. Keep Win 7 or upgrade to Win 8</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2. Go with the new Beta or an older version? (will the beta let me do everything required above?)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">3. An idea of which plugins are functional and would suit my needs for PVR and catchup TV.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'll be experimenting around a bit more with settings on my old system to see if I can learn more but want to get my new rig right if possible. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Thanks</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skytravel, post: 946464, member: 134736"] Hi there I'm receiving my new system tomorrow [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]AMD A10-5700 [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]8Gb RAM [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]120Gb SSD [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]DVD-RW [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Wifi and Win 7-64bit.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]adding usb Ariel convertor[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]MCE remote[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Should I install win 8 over the top of it while Win 8 is still cheap? I don't have much experience with MP and so far test attempts on my current system of old and the new beta MP have failed (can't get it to add video folders when selecting them that are in my NAS).[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]My system will be for Freeview with PVR capability (don't record much but nice to have) and used for catchup TV such as Iplayer, ITV, 4OD and 5OD. I have a zytel NAS which will also connect to the system. I'm not going to be ripping blu-rays or focusing too much on high quality videos. Trying to get the system as wife friendly as possible. she was ok with WMC7 previously but the layout for finding movies/music/pics etc was poor in WMC7.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Can anyone point me in the right direction if I should either?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]1. Keep Win 7 or upgrade to Win 8[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]2. Go with the new Beta or an older version? (will the beta let me do everything required above?)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]3. An idea of which plugins are functional and would suit my needs for PVR and catchup TV.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]I'll be experimenting around a bit more with settings on my old system to see if I can learn more but want to get my new rig right if possible. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Thanks[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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