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

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

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 5:12:43 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:59:51 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

wow.. very interesting

archmond

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:58:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Wow - those adverts were pretty bad.

I feel embarrassed for you, Charlie :)

Tim

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:08:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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 11:41:24 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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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