Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 29, 2004 @03:19AM from the no-compelling-advantage dept.

sam_christ writes "An article in today's Investor's Business Daily (Google cache) and an article by TV industry pundit/predictions-huckster Philip Swann say the same thing: that Microsoft's Media Center Edition will be a big flop in 2005. Meanwhile, from what I can tell much more powerful alternatives to Microsoft's MCE bloatware are thriving: commercial products like Snapstream (see their 6-tuner Medusa PVR built for about $1200), Showshifter and open-source freeware like Mediaportal and MythTV. From what I've read about Microsoft MCE and all of its DRM and content restrictions, I have to agree with both of these articles."

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Re:Guess what? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-29 03:23 · Score: 0, Funny

so Microsoft != World?
Obligatory Microsoft joke by suso · 2004-12-29 03:31 · Score: 4, Funny

"The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner."
The only problem with ReplayTV by Scyber · 2004-12-29 03:42 · Score: 2, Funny

is that it works so well I had to buy more. I now own 3!
Re:None ready for primetime by swv3752 · 2004-12-29 03:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Well Freevo is at 1.5.2 if version numbers mean that much to you.

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