Microsoft Media Center 2005 Reviewed

Thomas Hawk writes "Microsoft is set to release their new Media Center 2005 by none other than Bill Gates himself in Los Angeles tomorrow. In advance of this announcement, the New York Times (registration required) is running an article on the new product today. The article says that the quality of the MCE television has generally been received as inferior to rival and competitor TiVo. I wrote a review on the new MCE 2005 last week called MCE 2005, Underwhelmed. I'm offering continuing media coverage of MCE 2005."

It's a shame, but

[Anonymous Coward]

due to Microsoft policy [theregister.com], any TV programs you record will be destroyed automatically after 30 days, unless they receive a notice from their legal department...

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The article says that the quality of the MCE television has generally been received as inferior to rival and competitor TiVo.

Microsoft salesman: ...But wait! Have you seen all the new DRM features?

Talented guy, indeed

[damiam]

Microsoft is set to release their new Media Center 2005 by none other than Bill Gates himself

So Gates himself wrote Media Center single-handedly?

Re:Talented guy, indeed

[ricotest]

Considering it's just Windows XP with a few knobs on, I'm sure Gates could have coded it over a few evenings. One-handedly. Whilst jacking off over pictures of Satan.

Re:Hmm. Another Microsoft Solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Coming soon... HDTV viruses & spyware

Useful link

[xNoLaNx]

http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ny times.com%2F2004%2F10%2F11%2Ftechnology%2F11micros oft.html%3Foref%3Dlogin%26pagewanted%3D1%26oref%3D login&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=moz illa&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial

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Let's hope ...

[Anonymous Coward]

... it doesn't crash.
Windows 98 crashes during Gates' Comdex demo [cnn.com]

MS isn't a useless and inferior product...

[Bequita]

...it's an excellent way to identify B-Arkers.

Re:I can see it now...

[GMFTatsujin]

And halfway into the presentation, in front of all the world, inexplicably, BlankScreen(TM) turns a familiar shade of blue...

heh

[NeoGeo64]

I've always wanted to see hi-def goatsee and tubgirl. ;)

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[Anonymous Coward]

She had no idea what I was talking about. I still havent convinced her to set it up and use it as a TiVo.

FYI, even if you get the computer set up, she's still not going to go out with you.

you are killing the wrong process!

[Anonymous Coward]

"but killing every other process running seems to help."

You are killing the wrong process try kill rundll.....etc works even better then try a freebsd boot cd. At root just type in (dd if=dev urandom of=dev ad0) these actions will speed up your sony.

Re:XBMC is million times better..

[SilentChris]

My god you sound like my son.

"U wayyyyy need XBMC, dood! It rox!"