Comments on: Xbox plays starring role in Windows update

New software will more closely link the gaming console into Microsoft's digital entertainment strategy.

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What about everyone else???

Aren't MCE systems are in the minority? What about all the XP Home and XP Pro users out there... I'd love to stream my videos and music on my tv/home-theatre and that would give me one more reason to buy a 360 over the PS3 --- but MS excluding this huge userbase is really annoying.
I sure am not going to run out and buy a whole new PC /w MCE on it just to have this feature, esp after dropping $400 on a 360.

[wazzledoozle]

Xbox Media Center

Just mod your xbox with a softmod, you can do it totally through software now with the UXE exploit.

Xbox media center can play absolutely every codec I have ever come across, every mpeg, microsoft codec, propriety crap and even resizes them to fit the television.

how late???

how late Microsoft are in delivering what should have been available on the 1st Xbox.

it's been possible to do exactly what they're touting as a 'new features' with the current Xbox and normal Windows XP with simply the addition of streaming software that runs on the PC.

they should start acknowledging the forward thinkers of the hacking community and give credit where it's due, this announcement is old hat and a small example of how a large company is more than late in getting their products do what consumers require and hackers have been able to provide.

[bobby_brady]

Xbox extender has been around for a while

I've been running one for a while. The article is confusing because it makes it sound as if media center is only available for Xbox 360, when in fact you can use the orginal Xbox for the same purpose for a while.

IMO, Rollup 2 doesn't add anything drastic to MCE 2005 except for more DRM.

Xbox Media Center

Run Xbox Media Center on a current Xbox. Too bad MS didn't create a product like that, but, it wouldn't be nearly as good, I am sure.

[Bob Brinkman]

XBMC

I bought an Xbox to use Xbox Media Center.

[bobby_brady]

Basically more DRM

That's really what Rollup 2 adds.