This months Mikrobitti (Finnish tech mag) has a roundup of a few PVR softwares, MP, GB-PVR, MyTheatre and DVBviewer.
Basically said that MP resembles MCE interface, free so great for testing and still offers a good match for the comercial offerings.
Lots of addons that improve the software, and the TV part is just a small part of the software. etc etc.
A good choice if you use it for other things, not just for TV.
Pluses - Free and open source.
Minuses - Teletext Subtitle support -
Found one in swedish(has probably already been posted somewhere)
2006-11-10 16:15
Comparison between MCE and MP, MP wins.
Swedish - "Stor guide: gratis är bäst i vardagsrums-pc:n"
Crap translation - "Big guide: free is best in the livingroom PC"
URL: http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.92509
Just discovered a Video on german pc-mag-site chip.de about Building a HTPC.
They chose Mediaportal as software. Mediaportal can be seen in the background all the time through the 5 minute video. 2/3 are about the hardware. 1/3 about MP.