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Anybody know if this is working with Cable Cards?

Am I the only person who doesn't use, nor care, about media center? I have had it in all of my pc's and xbox, etc, but do not like the interface and do not use it. Leaving it out of Win8, and making it available only to those who want it is a good idea, in my opinion.

tituscooker, on 06 June 2012 - 04:27 AM, said:

Of course you're not. The people who don't use it are unlikely to be interested in this discussion.

I don't have a problem with paying extra to keep WMC in Win8, but ONLY if Microsoft starts supporting it. As far as I know, NOTHING has been changed since Win7 came out.

I've attempted to report bugs and usability issues, but apparently, nobody at MS is interested. I've tried the main user forums, but have either been ignored or sent to thegreenbutton.com, apparently now replaced with http://experts.windo...ome/f/114.aspx. There are half a dozen or more of my questions there which have had NO replies. Whoever is manning that forum only responds to the questions for which there are easy answers.

tituscooker, on 06 June 2012 - 04:27 AM, said:

I'm certain there are many Windows users who don't use WMC, and for good reason. WMC's place is really on a television, not a monitor, and was designed with a so-called "ten foot interface" meaning it is meant to be viewed from a couch in the living room. In that context it works pretty nicely, especially with a WMC remote (occasional bugs notwithstanding), so for the foreseeable future I'll be keeping Win7 on the media center PC that's hooked up to my TV.

BTW, the Netflix interface in WMC is really slick.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia...._user_interface

This post has been edited by compnovo: 06 June 2012 - 11:40 AM

I love Media Center and I have used it tirelessly for the past 7 years on my many HTPCs, but I'm thinking its time to give up the ghost and get something new. Media Center has a great UI to be sure, but the lack of developer attention has really crippled it. Sure it plays local movies, music, pictures, etc., but there's no integration most online services. I'm sorry, but the integrated Netflix app is becoming just as dated as the rest of it. It still thinks I have a DVD queue to manage, requires me to scroll through an entire series to find episodes, and doesn't do subtitles. Besides it freezes up like crazy. Media Center can't browse YouTube or Hulu without a hack. Forget about Facebook or Twitter integration. And there are so few people interested in developing for it anymore that I don't expect that situation to change. Whatever momentum Media Center might have had is now dead. When I've reached the point that I have to get a keyboard and mouse and just surf my favorite services from the desktop, it begs the question of why I'm bothering with this separate layer of UI in the first place. Sorry guys I'm a fan, but I'm also just keeping it real.

Bibbit, on 01 June 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

Yes it is.

gregsedwards, on 11 June 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

When there is an alternative taht does waht MC does today I'll consider switching.

But Media Center + Media Browser + Cable Card support just doesn't have an equivalent anywhere else. So my media solution will continue to be MC7 + XBox360.

But I get the sense the MSFT has basically washed their hands of it. Windows is not for the living room. It's for the boardroom running excel and posting to facebook from a touch browser and that's it. Windows 8 is the MSFT knee-jerk freak-out response to the iPad all the way down to the crippleware media support.

I cant live w/o wmc. Been using it for years because it has a great user interface. Wish Microsoft would support it or create seperate Roku like hardware.

I cant live w/o wmc. Been using it for years because it has a great user interface. Wish Microsoft would support it or create seperate Roku like hardware.

I cant live w/o wmc. Been using it for years because it has a great user interface. Wish Microsoft would support it or create seperate Roku like hardware.

How can I remove it and go back to what I had?

How can I remove this and go back from where I started?

SamLangley, on 26 July 2012 - 08:36 AM, said:

Remove WHAT? And from WHERE did you START?

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I used Windows Media Center with my PCTV USB TV Tuner Stick so, I will need it for Windows 8.