[Blog] Promoting MediaPortal (1 Viewer)

[Dadeo]

It's time to improve public awareness about MediaPortal! Why? So more people know:

• MediaPortal offers a free alternative to Windows Media Center with more features and options than any other Windows media center available today.
• Version1.2.0 offers many dramatic improvements in looks and performance as well as new features and extensions

If you love MP, there is a lot you can do to help quite easily. Read the Blog Promoting MediaPortal to find out how.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for promoting MediaPortal, please add them to this thread. We really do appreciate and rely on your input.

Thanks!

 

[emphatic]

My God that room looks HOT!

 

[Dadeo]

Drool away emphatic! I did! Wait till you see the whole thing (teaser)

 

[MrCrabs]

AW: Promoting MediaPortal

Who's room is it? And do you get deaf if you turn sound up just a little? Guess you need to buckle up not to get blown away.

 

[Dadeo]

We are working on a blog about it, so whose room it is will be a surprise. I guess he doesn't have neighbours LOL

 

[UNOPARATOR]

A gallery section of user setups in the site (not the forums), with the ability to vote for its hotness (like/hate) by users, would be cool. And it would help people to see what others do and grab some ideas from those to implement for their own setups...

 

[Dadeo]

Great idea UNOPARATOR, In fact, we already have a section in the Wiki for Showrooms and you can rate the page. Not exactly what you propose, which is a much better idea, but at least it's a start! If some users add some nice content there it might be worth linking to it on our Home Page at least for now.

 

[Sebastiii]

Whaouu very nice Thanks Doug

 

[bazzz]

The language used in the brochure is rather cluttered. It would read a lot better if a lot of the brackets and slashes were removed. For example instead of "HTPC/PC" how about simply "computer". "big screen LCD/Plasma TV or projector" could just be "TV or projector".

You might also want to make sure you can back up all the claims about doing everything that TiVo can before you start throwing around trademarks.

Oh, and "Everything else is just a media center" is a terrible slogan. What does it mean?

 

[Dadeo]

Hi bazzz thanks for the input.

The language used in the brochure is rather cluttered. It would read a lot better if a lot of the brackets and slashes were removed. For example instead of "HTPC/PC" how about simply "computer". "big screen LCD/Plasma TV or projector" could just be "TV or projector".

Good point! If you have more suggestions about the 'cluttered language' let us know. We did post the brochure for feedback in the Getting the Word out ... More PR Improvement thread (and a Facebook post to draw attention to that thread). Many people helped contribute to and improve the language, and we are always open to improve it more.

You might also want to make sure you can back up all the claims about doing everything that TiVo can before you start throwing around trademarks.

We did check with TiVo users and the promoted features. If you are aware of something TiVo can do that MP cannot, please let us know.

Oh, and "Everything else is just a media center" is a terrible slogan. What does it mean?

It means MP can do so much more than just play and organize your digital media. The purpose was to get people to ask what it means, so I guess it works? I did not come up with it (just so you know LOL). We have been using it for about a year now on our website and in promo videos.