Pete Near, Windows Media Connect vs Windows Media Center Extender:

The topic of Windows Media Connect devices comes up very often alongside discussions of the Windows Media Center Extender. I don’t blame anyone for being confused, Microsoft has done a bad job of distinguishing their digital media offerings as of late.

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Windows Media Connect is a read-only playback platform for a multitude of different devices that are out on the market, whereas Windows Media Extender is a two-way extension of the full Media Center experience.

Yes, we like to confuse people :) (and that drives me nuts).

I have both an Extender and a Connect device, a Roku, so feel free to ask questions in the comments.

Update: Ted’s blog has some good stuff too. Check it out.