HP Releases MediaSmart HDTV Extender Update

re: HP Releases MediaSmart HDTV Extender Update

Dennis — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:27:55 GMT

Everyone should upgrade their PCs to SP1.

I was responding to JohnCz's comment about perf and input issues. I believe he was talking about the issues people have reported with the Linksys and assuming they would also exist on the HP TV.

re: HP Releases MediaSmart HDTV Extender Update

chrisl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:45:17 GMT

I'm saying that SP1 is suggested over just the Extender patch because it has improved other Extenders. Whether it improves the performance of the HP, I don't know.

Are you suggesting that people should not be running SP1 and instead should just install the Extender patch on Vista RTM for an optimal setup? I know there are not supposed to have been changes in SP1 to increase Extender performance specifically, but given the network and remote desktop changes it seems to have improved others performance. Given that the changes are not specific to Extender, it would seem like a best practice to ensure SP1 is in use.

re: HP Releases MediaSmart HDTV Extender Update

Dennis — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:18:19 GMT

Are you saying there are boot time and menu perf issues on your HP TV? You should not assume the performance of one OEM's device is indicitive of the performance of another OEM's device.

re: HP Releases MediaSmart HDTV Extender Update

JohnCz — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:01:58 GMT

Chris, if you are at the MVP Summit perhaps you could ask the Media Extender team about what they are doing to improve boot time and menu performance. Is this purely an issue of hardware not being quite up to the task? Or are there further software optimizations that are being looked into? Thanks and fun.

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