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Well, MyTV is what I use it for. Primarily as a PVR and playback machine.

I tried MCE, was extremely uncomfortable that every aspect of it seemed designed to screw money out of the consumer.

I also tried most of the other commercial tv programs around, Showshifter, Beyond, Snap, Christv, Meedio, SageTV etc and none came anywhere near as close to MCE or MP in usability, features, professionalism or function. Many were incredibly confusing to setup or use, all had problems detecting or using my hardware. (Hauppuage and Avermedia, hardly rare)

I think the current state of this extremely new area is led by MCE and MP, one is very expensive, one is free. MCE I had problems with setting up. MP I was impressed with from the start and have continued to be day by day. YES, I have some stability issues, occasional crashes - but I've used a lot of open source software over the years and without doubt MP is one of the best led, most smoothly organised and actively developed tools around. The enthusiasm for this software displayed by the mediaportal team is catching!

Please keep up the good work. It's great already, 1.0 will be awesome.

<blockquote data-quote="Flash" data-source="post: 44837" data-attributes="member: 19239">Well, MyTV is what I use it for. Primarily as a PVR and playback machine. I tried MCE, was extremely uncomfortable that every aspect of it seemed designed to screw money out of the consumer.I also tried most of the other commercial tv programs around, Showshifter, Beyond, Snap, Christv, Meedio, SageTV etc and none came anywhere near as close to MCE or MP in usability, features, professionalism or function. Many were incredibly confusing to setup or use, all had problems detecting or using my hardware. (Hauppuage and Avermedia, hardly rare)I think the current state of this extremely new area is led by MCE and MP, one is very expensive, one is free. MCE I had problems with setting up. MP I was impressed with from the start and have continued to be day by day. YES, I have some stability issues, occasional crashes - but I've used a lot of open source software over the years and without doubt MP is one of the best led, most smoothly organised and actively developed tools around. The enthusiasm for this software displayed by the mediaportal team is catching!Please keep up the good work. It's great already, 1.0 will be awesome. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flash, post: 44837, member: 19239"] Well, MyTV is what I use it for. Primarily as a PVR and playback machine. I tried MCE, was extremely uncomfortable that every aspect of it seemed designed to screw money out of the consumer. I also tried most of the other commercial tv programs around, Showshifter, Beyond, Snap, Christv, Meedio, SageTV etc and none came anywhere near as close to MCE or MP in usability, features, professionalism or function. Many were incredibly confusing to setup or use, all had problems detecting or using my hardware. (Hauppuage and Avermedia, hardly rare) I think the current state of this extremely new area is led by MCE and MP, one is very expensive, one is free. MCE I had problems with setting up. MP I was impressed with from the start and have continued to be day by day. YES, I have some stability issues, occasional crashes - but I've used a lot of open source software over the years and without doubt MP is one of the best led, most smoothly organised and actively developed tools around. The enthusiasm for this software displayed by the mediaportal team is catching! Please keep up the good work. It's great already, 1.0 will be awesome. :) [/QUOTE]