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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 54454" data-attributes="member: 14004">Agreed. In North America the primary TV tuners are analog, and many other programs out there support multiple tuners: MCE, sagetv, etc.. I look at MP as more then just a TV box. If I wanted to only watch TV I would be using something like BeyondTV or sageTV.What I like about MP is that it IS the very definition of a HTPC. I can do movies, music, pictures, DVD's, etc... any kind of media I want. I can play games, emulators like MAME, etc... it has now turned my box into an entertainment unit. plug a few xbox controllers into the USB ports and grab some buddies and some drinks. I can integrate it into my home automation if needed. Now im able to control my living space through the same box I also watch my television from.To me, this is the power of MP - it was designed around the concept of plugins. It has the potential to do it all. Like the old cliche: if you build it, they will come.Create the base, prove how good a base it is, and soon developers will start writing plugins to make it great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 54454, member: 14004"] Agreed. In North America the primary TV tuners are analog, and many other programs out there support multiple tuners: MCE, sagetv, etc.. I look at MP as more then just a TV box. If I wanted to only watch TV I would be using something like BeyondTV or sageTV. What I like about MP is that it [b]IS[/b] the very definition of a HTPC. I can do movies, music, pictures, DVD's, etc... any kind of media I want. I can play games, emulators like MAME, etc... it has now turned my box into an entertainment unit. plug a few xbox controllers into the USB ports and grab some buddies and some drinks. I can integrate it into my home automation if needed. Now im able to control my living space through the same box I also watch my television from. To me, this is the power of MP - it was designed around the concept of plugins. It has the potential to do it all. Like the old cliche: if you build it, they will come. Create the base, prove how good a base it is, and soon developers will start writing plugins to make it great. [/QUOTE]

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