You want it all...

...but you can't have it...

Plex

I've done quite a bit of work on my media center in the brief slots of spare time I've had lately.

Have replaced dodgy hardware (mobo AND power supply) with reliable parts.

Have replaced dodgy OS (Vista) with reliable OS (MacOS).

Have replaced merely competent media center (MCE/VMC) with absolutely brilliant Plex!

I am much, much happier with the setup. Plex is a fork of XBox Media Center. It's MacOS only, and designed to maximise the beauty of a 1080p display.


Plex has a wonderful interface for browsing through your TV or Movies collection, integrating tvdb/imdb (respectively) info and artwork. I must admit I still struggle with the Music interface when I go into Library mode, but the navigation is straightforward when dealing with it as "files".

The only thing missing is native tv recording functionality, but Plex does make it easy to launch a 3rd party app, so I'll sort something out there shortly.

This now means there's only one Windows box left in the house.

But not for long...