MediaCentral vs FrontRow

[Ashley Aitken]

Back to MediaCentral vs FrontRow:

Is anyone who has bought a license and used it for a while willing to  
give their impressions?

After restarting it about 10 times (5 minute demo license only) I'm  
beginning to think I might buy a license.  It certainly has a lot of  
functionality IPTV (YouTube, GoogleVideos etc.), Skype integration,  
Pictures, Movies, Trailers, DVDs, some simple games, Digital TV (if  
you have the hardware), etc.

I wish they had a module system so that third-parties could integrate  
functionality (e.g. Pandora music), and I wish it was a bit more  
stylish (the graphics, layout, and sound aren't completely up to  
Apple's level, but there is some customisablity - at least of the  
colour schemes and sounds).

All that said, I haven't got a machine with FrontRow so perhaps I  
should wait for Leopard to give FrontRow a go, but I don't think  
Apple will ever go as far as MediaCentral with regards to  
functionality, well not for some time at least.

Cheers,
Ashley.


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Ashley Aitken
Perth, Western Australia
mrhatken at mac dot com
Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)