I’ll use this post to track reactions to Media Center in Windows Vista as I catch up on my blogging tonight/tomorrow.

Lost Remote, And the best TV user interface goes to…:

the Windows Vista MCE is very user-friendly, well-designed and fast. Every screen transition is animated, nothing is abrupt. And the additional graphics make a big difference. In fact, I give it an edge over TiVo’s user interface.

Paul Thurott, Windows Vista December 2005 CTP (Build 5270) Review
Part 2: Bundled Applications
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In my review of Windows Vista build 5231, I heaped an egregious amount of scornful criticism on the version of Media Center it included. I’m here today, two months later, to tell you that Microsoft has not only listened the criticism that I, and no doubt many others, inflicted on them for what I’ll call Media Center 5231, but that the version found in build 5270 is largely fixed and does not include many of the problems I called out in that previous review.

Ian Dixon, Media Center on Vista is looking good:

A couple of months ago there were some reports that Media Center in Vista was a “train wreak” well I can definitely say its not.

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The CES special issue of CE Pro has lots of articles on MCE:

Is 2006 the Year of MCE?

Enough about MCE!!

MCE Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks

Inaugural Media Center Boot Camp a Sell-Out

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Interested in DVD changers?

Jimbo from marketing at PowerFile stopped by and left a comment,

I’m in Marketing at PowerFile and would love to hear your thoughts on ideal features and price for an MCE-compatible changer. Keep in mind that the $12K units on our Website are very different both from a software and hardware perspective from the ones being customized by both Sony and Niveus.

One thing we are considering for the consumer market is an embedded NAS-on-chip controller so you could attach via Ethernet and share between multiple machines. Any thoughts or comments?

Sounds like you can either leave a comment here or email him at jsherhart@powerfile.com.

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