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E: WSL Pinnacle ShowCenter 1000g £69.97 PCWorld instore only

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  • hendersonb
    hendersonb Posts: 330 Forumite
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    How are the people who brought the show center getting on with it? I personally didn't enjoy there software and used a free alternative for it.

    Also I find that the remote isn't the best - you need to point at the box directly a lot of the time to get it going.

    Also I'm not sure what version of the software they are still distributing with the show center from pc world - mine was an old version around a year ago when purchased - You can download the new version from there website

    One more thing - KEEP YOUR SERIAL NUMBER IN A SAFE PLACE you need it for installing updated versions from their website.
  • dc2447
    dc2447 Posts: 274 Forumite
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    Just got one!

    Didn't use the code though :(
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  • mk-donald
    mk-donald Posts: 750 Forumite
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    Thanks for the SKU. Phoned the PC World 0800 number this morning and they confirmed my Milton Keynes store - where the staff acted oh so dumb - show as having none, and also Aylesbury none, BUT their Bedford store had 2. Got my folks to pop in on their way around town this afternoon and pick one up - and got 10% off with the coupon someone mentioned too - so thanks all round! Looks like I'm gonna commission one of the PC World's £39.99 Linksys wireless kits now - test it all out with hard-wired Ethernet first though.
  • payneardo
    payneardo Posts: 58 Forumite
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    sounds just what I need :)

    Can anybody confirm that it will stream the tv I am watching on my media centre ?

    Cheers
    Payneardo :)
  • hendersonb
    hendersonb Posts: 330 Forumite
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    You would need the correct Pinnacle PCTV card in your media center i believe - never used it for that just keep all my dvds on it so i can watch them in bed without getting up to change the dvds also i have my cd library on it so i can create custom playlists.
    Apart from that I listen to Internet radio on it mostly
  • dc2447
    dc2447 Posts: 274 Forumite
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    Is there any other open source software for the 1000g - I'm not liking swisscentre so far
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  • wywywywy
    wywywywy Posts: 133 Forumite
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    Yes.

    http://openshowcenter.sourceforge.net
    SwissCenter does actually look better though.

    Although site is down at the moment.

    And I think I bought the last one in North West area.
  • dc2447
    dc2447 Posts: 274 Forumite
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    wywywywy wrote:
    Yes.

    http://openshowcenter.sourceforge.net
    SwissCenter does actually look better though.

    Although site is down at the moment.

    And I think I bought the last one in North West area.

    yeah - saw that one - am perservering with swisscentre but it is tough
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  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
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    Been down for days. Is it dead?
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • hendersonb
    hendersonb Posts: 330 Forumite
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    dc2447 wrote:
    yeah - saw that one - am perservering with swisscentre but it is tough

    Just out of curiosity i'm wondering why your not keen on swisscenter?
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