Comments on: Microsoft’s Charlie Owen on Apple’s Front Row

By: johnny

johnny — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:44:28 +0000

Windows Media Center is one of the few instances where Microsoft destroys Apple. Windows 7 with it’s Clear qam support and fully functional DVR with 2 week program guide blows Front Row out of the water. You can record shows for free Apple wants you to buy. This is why you’ll never be able to record TV with Front Row. Windows Media Center alone makes Windows 7 better than Snow leopard imo.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:36:00 +0000

Hmmm. I’ve never been able to play that hideous realmedia crap in WMP. It’s always required a download of whatever platter of steaming rubbish Real has decided their program should be.

RM is crap and never should be sued, and I’ve never seen it used in WMP.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:01:00 +0000

OS X is not a closed system?

QuickTime says otherwise.

until i can play realmedia in QT, like i can with WMP...

By: paganCrow

paganCrow — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:58:00 +0000

i think it's weird the amount of focus being put onto this whole remote thing.

i have a MCE pc at home; i use every single button on the thing, but my father only uses the nav and playback controls, and never gets to the numeric keypad.

i think eventually, apple will make a remote with more buttons, because you can only do so much with a remote (which is probably why M$ decided to release the MCE Remote Keyboard, because after asking my father, it turns out he hates multitap/teletext!!).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:48:00 +0000

The best part of Front Row is that it allows you to subscribe to vodcast feeds. Media Center is a closed environment where your cable operator still decides which tv channels are available and microsoft decides which online services you can use. Who needs a Tuner and a PVR when all content can be subscribed to online? Front Row has this potential. It’s demonstrated in this feed: http://www.vodcast.nl/feeds/jsdemo.xml

By: ChGoo

ChGoo — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:56:00 +0000

Hey moron! Your bus is leaving…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:02:00 +0000

thomas hawk…

you suck!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:43:00 +0000

Amusing, I use both windows and mac, and for the experience that front row offers, I actually think it is much more elegeant, than windows media edition which is actually quite klunky. I also am mystified by by people that are constantly saying the mac is a closed system. The core is BSD Unix! So if you are any kind of code head, that should delight you. Also, the video iPod is capable of playing larger format videos, that can be patched out directly to a TV, look up an app called “handbrake”. I am not saying windows is bad, I use it all the time, but there is really no comparison to where Apple is headed. Also consider the simple fact that my iPod has nothing but MP3′s on it. Closed architectiture?? I don’t think so.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:14:00 +0000

.and moving into Bill’s camp with viruses,et al. Apple always starts off simple and builds on the product. We’ll talk in 18 months to see how both compare.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:40:00 +0000

Any content stored in the user’s Movies, Pictures, Music folders can be accessed via Front Row. It’s just a front-end to existing apps. If you add a DVR (Alchemy, El Gato, Plextor and others make them for the Mac) and have it save to the Movies folder, Front Row will display them in it’s menu system.
The differences between them can easily be addressed with third party hardware and software. For example, the EyeTV 500 from El Gato will give you HDTV DVR ability and comes with a more complete remote than can be configured to add whatever extra control the simple iMac remote lacks.