Re: FYI: Demo of Windows Media Center Connect
From: Derek R. Flickinger (DrFlick_at_online.InteractiveHomesInc.com)
Date: 07/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:48:18 -0400
There is a lot of additional and related information at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/netattach/default.mspx.
=D-
"Peter Near [MCE MVP]" <peter@thenears.com> wrote in message
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> Great link!
>
> I'm a big fan of the concept of providing a uniform interface for all of
> these devices on the XP machine. No doubt there are multiple incompatible
> applications of questionable quality from these devices.
>
> That said, my MCE experiences dredge up the following comments:
> - I understand why the manufacturers would push back, but I think that the
> "mom and pop" users would have appreciated a common device interface. And
> a simpler one at that.
>
> - Windows XP already has some media management abilitites built in. My
> Videos, My Pictures, My Music, etc. Why do I have to go through the
> process of picking these folders again to use WMConnect?
>
> - Windows can provide alot of additional metadata that would enhance the
> experience beyond just "file sharing". For example, there is no reason
> why album art and album information could not have been shared by WMP.
> Picture thumbnails could be shared by windows explorer.
>
> In essence, I would like to see "Media Center Lite" in this case. Take
> the MCE interface, lighten it considerably (nix the animations), remove
> the TV functionality, and share THAT with the remote devices.
>
> I'm sure that this is being pegged as "another option" for users, but I
> think that this serves mainly to confuse users between WMConnect and
> WMExtenders.
>
> Pete
>
> Derek R. Flickinger wrote:
>
>> http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=13002
>>
>> Microsoft's group at Channel9 has a video of something coming our way,
>> connected DVD and CD players. Basically, with a net connected DVD or CD
>> player, you can browse images, photos and movies on your PC. This
>> feature will be available in early Fall this year for ALL windows XP SKUs
>> including MCE. A list of companies who makes these should be out soon,
>> too.
>>
>> Jason Flaks, program manager on the Media Connects team, provides the
>> demo. He shows how CD and DVD players and other devices use this
>> technology to do media transfers between Windows XP based PCs and
>> consumer electronics devices.
>>
>>
>>
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