Media Center hits the mainstream
More good news on Media Center, Media Center sales have gone through the roof
For the week ending August 20, 2005, Media Center PCs accounted for 43% of all desktop personal computers sold in the U.S. retail market, based on data from a sampling of U.S. retailers.
Accounting for this phenomenon was a decline in pricing for Media Center systems, with the average price dropping below $900 for the first time ever. In addition to the more affordable price points, Microsoft has lead [sic] the charge to promote Media Center PCs at select retailers in an attempt to generate a higher level of interest for the platform.
More than 70% of the PCs sold had no TV tuner, which suggests that Media Center features are being incorporated into Windows as a basic feature.
really Media Center should be the home version of Windows and maybe this is what it will be in Vista
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August 31st, 2005 at 9:19 am
I know people who’ve bought Media Center PCs because they thought it was required to edit videos recorded with their camcorder, or to work with photos from their digital camera. I don’t think it’s particularly telling about the demand for the true Media Center functionality.
September 1st, 2005 at 5:06 am
That maybe, but lots would have bought it for the 10 foot interface