Romier S Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Heres the report on Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/news/news_6086199.html Excerpt: The Xbox Media Center Extender Kit will consist of an Xbox DVD disc and a dedicated remote control, and will also allow users to view digital media from any room in the house. The Media Center Edition 2004 software development kit was actually released last September, and since then, over 8,500 developers have downloaded the software in order to use it to build media applications. These applications include the media-player application on the Web site of the popular sports broadcasting network, ESPN; that site's "ESPN Motion" application lets users view sports clips on either their computer or on a TV screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 It would be cool except the PC needs to be running Windows Media Center Edition. That's kind of pointless as if I had a Media Center PC it would already be in the living room. Make it work with regular XP, Bill, and you've got something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 I agree completely Camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 That whole "XP Media Center" thing always seemed like a bit of a dead-end anyway. Why can't they just sell a $50-100 plus pack for the same thing? Wouldn't that get a lot of sales? I thought I could already play Media Center sourced files on my PC. So this product would allow me to use an Xbox in place of a second (or 3rd or 4th or 5th) PC in a house that already has a Media Center PC? I suspect I missing something obvious about XP Media Center. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 XP Media Center edition is a varient of the OS (just like there's XP Home & XP Pro). It's an interface designed (poorly) to be controlled with a remote control and viewed on a TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Here is the Media Extender product page for those interested: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xboxmediacenterextender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Tyner Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Originally posted by Robot Monkey@Jan 9 2004, 09:08 AM That whole "XP Media Center" thing always seemed like a bit of a dead-end anyway. Why can't they just sell a $50-100 plus pack for the same thing? I think I read that that's going to be part of the "Media Player Center Extender Extender". (Sorry, it seemed funny at the time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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