Charlie Owen - Want to See Windows Media Center UX in Windows Vista...?

Want to See Windows Media Center UX in Windows Vista...?

I'm not the brand manager for Windows Media Center, but I did what Jackie Huba said to do anyway and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQKI7YvtLhQ&search=Media%20Center at the top of the search results for 'Media Center'. Pretty cool romp through our user experience.

Update: These are still kinda lame (especially compared to iPod + iTunes commercials) and don't actually speak to what Windows Media Center is all about, but better than the general 'Start Something' campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NDSKAa4WMI&search=Media%20Center

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve1OEey8ryA&search=Media%20Center

I'm beginning to see why awareness of Windows Media Center is pretty low, if these commercials are 'the best we could do'.

Categories: Media Center | Windows Vista | Comments [4] |

| Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:12:43 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:59:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

wow.. very interesting

archmond

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:58:35 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Wow - those adverts were pretty bad.

I feel embarrassed for you, Charlie :)

Tim

Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:08:51 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

It's too bad awareness is so low; Media Center is one of the best products to come out of Redmond. It's pretty solid, loaded with features, and has a very elegant, intuitive, "Even my mom could figure out how to use this" interface. It's a rare gem.

Mark Sowul

Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:41:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Can't wait for Vista MCE to be released!! I love the overlay menu over live tv.

As for awareness, I would say it is increasing very rapidly. I've already convinced 2 of my friends about MCE, simply by showing off my setup (mind you I have a front projector with a 7 foot display :)).

Keep up the good work Charlie!

Perry Stathopoulos

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