Engadget on Microsoft’s Media Center

Engadget has a great op-ed piece today, titled "How Microsoft’s Media Center Will Save Television."

I'm not sure if Windows Media Center 2005 will take off and revolutionize the space as the piece suggests, but they do offer a much more flexible platform than a simple TiVo box in your home. With a Media Center PC and a handheld "extender" to play video and audio, you can watch TV and hear music from any computer in the house and also have the ability to take them on the road with you. I hope MS does encourage competition in this area, as I'd love to see TiVo launch TiVoToGo and maybe enable small video player handhelds to also take part.

Comments

[Jim Adams]

Adding web browsing, remote desktop and wireless keyboard/mouse support for media center extenders would be a well needed upgrade, especially when connecting to new generation monitor-grade LCD TVs.