what does Microsoft MCE Compatable mean?

viney

Hi

Want to purchase
MSI Mega Sky 580 USB Free-View Receiver stick from ebuyer

However the spec is

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or above / 2000 SP4
Microsoft MCE Compatable
Pentium PIII 800MHz or above, Celeron or AMD Athlon, Duron CPU
256MB RAM or above
Graphic Card: 32M RAM or above, 800x600
Direct X9.0 compatible Graphic card
Microsoft Direct X 9.0c or above
CD-ROM Drive (For software installation)
1GB Free HD Space
Available DVB-T signal in your region

I am not sure if I have the microsoft MCE compatable, how do I check?

I have also downloaded the active x 9c for my radeon 9200 so assume I should be ok on that now

Can anyone help please?

hobo28

It means it will work with Windows XP "Media Center Edition". MCE is basically Windows XP with some extra programs for watching TV etc.

So what it means is that your USB Freeview stick with work with XP MCE edition.

If you don't have MCE, it will still work for normal XP. You just won't have the bells and whistles that comes with MCE.

djohn2002uk

MCE just stands for XP Multimedia Centre Edition

Too late.

viney

Thanks hobo28 much appreciated.

Invisible thanks for hobo28 now 34 times in 29 posts!

xycom1

Media Centre Edition - and if it's MCE Compatible it means that the hardware has BDA drivers available which is what is required by Windows XP MCE to utilise video capture/TV tuner hardware.