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I can’t help but be slightly annoyed that the copy of MCE 2005 I bought two years ago has been completely dropped by Microsoft. I get it – MS wants people to buy Vista or Windows7. If my version of MCE had the same features as Windows7 MCE I’d have no reason to upgrade. For the most part I use my copy of MCE to record TV in SD and to stream online content. When I heard that Netflix was going to be integrated into MCE I thought that actually sounded pretty cool. Any chance to use the MCE remote over a mouse and keyboard is a good thing, right? No such luck for me. There were a few projects to get Netflix working inside of MCE 2005, but they are pretty much dead now (in addition to most other development for MCE 2005). It’s a shame, really. My HTPC isn’t my primary computer and I really could care less whether MCE is running on top of XP, 7, or Windows 95 for that matter, but alas, here I am stuck with the prospect of shelling out another $100 for another copy of Windows7 just so I can record/stream TV.

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There are still a few kinks to work out.

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This is so awesome and crazy at the same time. For IT geeks only.

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Bummer. Last season MLB.TV promised a sync feature that would allow users to listen to the radio feed while watching the TV feed. For example, I could listen to the AM620/Bob Uecker audio and it would sync up with the video. Pretty awesome, huh? Well, the feature never really got off the ground last year and this year it’s not even mentioned. I just hope they haven’t completely abandoned the idea. I’d rather listen to Uecker with no video so I guess I’ll just go with the MLB app on my iPhone.