2005-05-30 - Netzwelt.de: "Windows in the living-room - Do they go well together?"

The editors of the German IT-website Netzwelt were about to answer the question: "Windows in the living-room - Do they go well together?" In focus was the Shuttle XPC System G5 8300M as a basis for the test: "For the second part of this detailed Shuttle report we have the chance to take a closer look at the Windows Media Center Edition." Find out, if the Microsoft software was as successful as the Shuttle XPC System G5 8300M.

"After our hard Benchmark tests the Shuttle XPC System leaves our labs and returns to where it actually belongs - at home in the living-room." Their intention wasn't simply to examine the hardware but also the software that should make a real living-room PC out of the Shuttle XPC System G5 8300M. Via S-VGA the editors plugged in a monitor, while an included adapter helped the editors to connect an indoor antenna to a DVB-T-receiver for radio reception. Additionally, they used an infrared receiver via USB to enable the remote control. All without a hitch. Displaying images or playing multimedia applications like DVDs or MP3s deserved special praise: "The VFD (Versatile-Front-Display) manages to display file names from images or music in a very stylish way." Want to show your latest photos to friends? No problem: "Thanks to the integrated card reader your personal images can easily be transferred from the digital camera to the PC." And how about the software? The Windows Media Center Edition convinced the editors as well: "Much of multimedia features packed in one software package."

Source: http://www.netzwelt.de/news/71186-test-windows-im-wohnzimmer-.html

Take a look a the full review of the Shuttle XPC Systems G5 8300M at Netzwelt.de: http://www.netzwelt.de/news/71149.html