Windows 7 Streams Media To the Xbox 360 and PS3 Seamlessly

HardcoreWare reports that the release candidate for Windows 7 contains improved video codecs, and does a much better job of streaming media to popular consoles out of the box. "No longer will you have to install special REG files to 'trick' Windows into streaming video to your PS3 or XBOX 360. And no longer will you have to use UPnP media servers like TVersity that transcode video, severely reducing quality and cause unnecessary CPU load on the server."

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Re:No transcoding if natively supported on console

[Strange Ranger]

I stream video and audio content to my PS3 via TVersity (and MediaTomb on a linux box) all the time.

WTF are you people watching? Seriously? When my day is over I crash on the couch late at night and I turn my TV to the On position and channel surf.
Last night Futurama: Bender's Game was on. Cool. When it's time to veg out on the couch and stare at the tube there's usually something to watch on regular old TV (cable, FIOS, DirecTV, whatever). If there's something really cool I need to find, there's DVDs. What's with all the extra boxes, streaming, transcoding, UPnP, etc. etc.? I wonder if it's not just an excuse to toy with Linux? Honestly, what kind of video is worth all that thought and effort? The greatest movies ever made are available from netflix or the redbox for a buck. And then there's always books. What's the reward for all that time and effort to watch video? What am I missing?