Recommended OS for TV Server??? (1 Viewer)

[BKCH]

Hi Guys,

I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best OS for TV Server? I'm currently running Vista Ultimate but am considering rebuilding back to XP because I seem to have problems with zapping and because the time for my Hauppage card to start under Vista seems longer than XP was.

What do you guys think??

 

[rekenaar]

My vote is based on the two or three months that I used Vista. In the end I decided to revert back to XP.

Yes - a lot of the technical guru's will tell me that I did not spent enough time to tweak/fix my issues with Vista, but if you go and read professional reviews regarding the upcoming XP SP3 and Vista SP1, it still seems that XP is a better option.

 

[charli181]

I am running TV Server on Win 2003 Server. Have not had an issue at all. Not much if any tweaking required. Note that I do not run MP on this machine and is my main server for everything else I do. Zapping is quick as (1-2 seconds) and that between SD and HD channels as well

 

[garry]

I'm running single seat on Windows 2003 and another client on Windows 2003. Works fine.

 

[rekenaar]

BKCH - can you add 2003 as as option to the poll? Seems like a few members are using it and I think we would all like to see the real results on this one.

 

[vvulture]

Hi all.

I am using :

Windows Home Server
MS SQL Express 2005
2 x Avermedia Nova-T500MCE Dual DVB-T tuner cards with MCE drivers ( yes it works )
Big_Kev's Oz Tv Guide Downloader

No issues to report. All ok except for the usual probs with SVN's.

note: MP not installed on this machine. This is only a server.

cheers