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Will it happen? Doubtful.]]>Sep 25th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
I think that the problem is that the premium content costs too much to get on Media Center.

Personally I don't think PCs have any place in the living room. They are better equipted to be servers and collect, store and serve content to STBs in the house.]]>Sep 25th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
I think we are interpreting Ben Reed's response to the Webguide question differently. _I_ think that something is still in the works. He said the same thing to both of us (basically iterating that Doug Berrett is a member of the Entertainment team now). I interpret that as saying - "we have his talents and we aren't ready to roll everything out yet". Perhaps there is another partner in the mix. Ben was also careful to point out to us that the Zune team and Media Center are under one roof, so that tells me that there is a lot more on the road ahead from this group, so I am not quite ready to say 7MC is totally out of the oven.

Like you said to Ian this week, it seems like leveraging the Live service (Mesh or another subplatform) seems like a completely logical scenario for integrating a guide that can be remotely managed. I suppose that maybe for now we could use Live Mesh to Remote Desktop into our Media Center PCs, but that still doesn't help with programming from the iPhone. I do that fairly often now, and it is the main reason I've stuck with my flaky Vista installation and haven't installed 7RC.

Can you answer this question to help me understand the guide? Is guide data stored in 1 folder or file? In other words, is the guide data in a bucket that could be synced between two computers using Mesh??? It just seems that if I could sync a Picasa database between two computers, it seems logical that I could sync guide data.

Given that Windows7 hasn't been officially released, it is entirely possible that more announcements will be coming in the next month, so honestly, I don't think your post is late at all. In fact, this chapter really isn't over until about 10/29, a week after Win7's release.]]>Sep 25th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
Though, to Ben's point, it is still expensive enough that it is only for die-hards. My original vision was to build a cheap HTPC, that will pay for itself over renting a box from the cable company in a year and a half. I have loved the setup so much, I have upgraded to the point that I don't think it will pay for itself anymore in a reasonable amount of time. Still, the experience is worth the money to me, as a die hard. Hard to think the average (or above average) consumer will be willing to spend for a HTPC all at once, when they can rent a dual DVR for $20 a month.]]>Sep 25th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
However, if you're just recording or time-shifting TV events, ya... wifey will want to stick with the cable-co's STB.]]>Sep 25th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
I knew Win7 could play the files natively, but I always used Windows Explorer on a seperate PC to manually copy the files over. This easy integration within the Media Center interface was simple enough for my wife to use.]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
Enough with the "we".]]>Sep 25th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/05/22/is-the-future-of-windows-media-center-with-windows-home-server/]]>Sep 25th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/]]>Sep 29th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
Hey M$, there are enough of us audiophiles who are using .flac how about native compatibility.]]>Sep 25th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 27th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 25th 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
when are you guys going to put your own EngadgetHD widget within media center?
It would be nic to click on the engadgethd icon within Media center to catch up on all the news and maybe watch a demo.

You guys criticize others so can't you come up with something and show MS how it's done??]]>Sep 27th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 26th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 26th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
How does that make sense?

]]>Sep 29th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 26th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/Sep 27th 2009 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-media-center-cedia-predictions-wrap-up/
M-cards

in a media center yet?

Until then I am not interested.

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