Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed

dhopton writes "The first public review of the PMC that I've seen is interesting. It's critical in places, but also praises. It also covers Windows Media Player 10 to some extent. Overall, I'm looking forward to reviews of the non-Creative devices."

Comments

Re:DRM?

[SilentChris]

Yeah, you know, they'll never take off. I mean, that white one, the iPod, with the support for AAC files with DRM crust -- who's buying those?

Oh, you say, "But these will *only* play DRM files". Au contraire. From what I'm reading, they'll play standard MPEG2s. A few hacks and we'll see DivX on these things.

Non-Creative devices?!

[psyconaut]

I guess you've been asleep while Apple have been DOMINATING the personal audio market?!

-psy

Re:My favorite quote

[dasmegabyte]

A lot of people have hate for the iPod because they want one but aren't willing to pay for one, ostensibly because it's "not worth it" and the high sticker implies that it is a status symbol. Same reason a lot of people hate Benzs, Cadillacs and BMWs.

These people consider the success of the iPod to be a real thumb on the nose. How can it succeed when it's so expensive? How can it succeed when so many devices do the same thing, only with more features? How can it succeed without OGG/FLAC/DIVX/Radio/Microphone/Wireless/Free Cookies?

The iPod is proof that an electronic device need not follow the commodity technology model to be successful. It's an alien concept for people who have for so long bought in to the idea that technology is a slim margin business. So, it enrages them. Because it's not popular for its tech aspect, but for its simplicity and HIPNESS. And hipness and simplicity are two things most technology pundits wouldn't understand.