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<blockquote data-quote="etheesdad" data-source="post: 340388" data-attributes="member: 84335">lifehacker's top 5 media centre applicationsI was interested to get an invite yesterday from LH to vote on best HTPC software, but then when I saw the options very disappointed to see that MP was *not* listed in the 5 choices, but only given &quot;honorable mention&quot; (see text under Vote box). Dont know why it was set up like this - a number of people (including me!) commented on the omission in the discussion thread. <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5103464/five-best-media-center-applications" target="_blank">Hive Five: Five Best Media Center Applications</a>XBMC and Boxee came out on top, with Windows MCE placing third.Its kind of a mickey mouse methodology as a lot of people using windows would only have used WMC and a lot of MAC owners will only have used Boxee, so the results arent all that meaningful. (ie what this shows is &quot;what media centre applications LH readers use&quot;, /not/ &quot;5 best MC applications&quot; as the title imples.Just thought Id post the article because it would be interesting to know more about why the author, Adam Pash <a href="http://lifehacker.com/people/adam.pash" target="_blank">Adam Pash's Activity</a> omitted Mediaportal and relegated it to the subtext of the article...Perhaps if someone from Team-MP contacted him, he might be able to place it as a contender next time a poll like this is run, or for a mention in his blog maybe...?In any case it would be interesting to know why MP was placed below pay-for use application Sagetv ($60) and the venerable XBMC which is a great media client but doesnt have the TV capabilities that MP does....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="etheesdad, post: 340388, member: 84335"] [b]lifehacker's top 5 media centre applications[/b] I was interested to get an invite yesterday from LH to vote on best HTPC software, but then when I saw the options very disappointed to see that MP was *not* listed in the 5 choices, but only given "honorable mention" (see text under Vote box). Dont know why it was set up like this - a number of people (including me!) commented on the omission in the discussion thread. [url=http://lifehacker.com/5103464/five-best-media-center-applications]Hive Five: Five Best Media Center Applications[/url] XBMC and Boxee came out on top, with Windows MCE placing third. Its kind of a mickey mouse methodology as a lot of people using windows would only have used WMC and a lot of MAC owners will only have used Boxee, so the results arent all that meaningful. (ie what this shows is "what media centre applications LH readers use", /not/ "5 best MC applications" as the title imples. Just thought Id post the article because it would be interesting to know more about why the author, Adam Pash [url=http://lifehacker.com/people/adam.pash]Adam Pash's Activity[/url] omitted Mediaportal and relegated it to the subtext of the article... Perhaps if someone from Team-MP contacted him, he might be able to place it as a contender next time a poll like this is run, or for a mention in his blog maybe...? In any case it would be interesting to know why MP was placed below pay-for use application Sagetv ($60) and the venerable XBMC which is a great media client but doesnt have the TV capabilities that MP does.... [/QUOTE]

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