Plus! Digital Media Edition Review
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 18 December 2002 - 11:22 · 7 comments & 507 views
On January 7, 2003, Microsoft will release the second Plus! pack for Windows XP, Plus! Digital Media Edition (Plus! DME), which the company bills as the ultimate photo, music, and movie enhancement pack for its best-selling XP operating system. Plus! DME follows Plus! for Windows XP (Plus! XP), which itself included several digital media-related components that were among that product's strongest selling points (see my review of Plus! XP for details). However, Plus! DME is a far stronger effort than Plus! XP, with fewer filler-type features. And with an incredible price of only $20--just $15 if you pre-order the package online starting today--Plus! DME is almost a no-brainer for digital media enthusiasts such as myself.

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Xion on 18 Dec 2002 - 11:59
It should be free for those who were unfortunate enugh to buy the original Plus! for XP, just like yours truly.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by danbalsh on 18 Dec 2002 - 12:02
[neoquote=#1.0 by Xion]It should be free for those who were unfortunate enugh to buy the original Plus! for XP, just like yours truly. [/neoquote] ouch man!!!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Tom Servo on 18 Dec 2002 - 12:40
OMFG Those "Plus! Dancers"... The same bullshit like those Virtual Girls...
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by bluarash on 18 Dec 2002 - 13:58
I do not understand why Microsoft just doesn't make the entire Windows XP Media Center edition as an addon. Like most people in this forum I already have a highend PC with both a TV turner and DVD drive. It should be available to existing Windows XP Pro users for something around the price of $59. At the very least maybe offering Media Center at the same price as XP Pro for all consumers. I will never buy another computer just for the added ability of TV/DVD.
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by Galley_SimRacer on 18 Dec 2002 - 16:53
XP Media Center Edition is tied to certain hardware, so it cannot be purchased separately. You should try J. River Media Center 9, which does pretty much everything the Microsoft product does. [url=http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/download.html]Look for Version 9[/url]
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by JaggedFlame on 18 Dec 2002 - 20:47
It's not tied to hardware. All you need is a remote and a TV tuner card (and that's optional, if you don't want the TV stuff).
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by dan on 18 Dec 2002 - 14:02
I would install it if it came with Media Player Media Centre Edition... but apart from that this looks like a really good way to waste some money
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