Comments on: Online Media…. Or Lack Thereof (In Europe)

By: Lewis Stewart

Lewis Stewart — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:20:39 +0000

My problem with online media isn’t the scarcity of it; It’s the fact that very little, if any ,(even the BBC are pretty poor) of it is subtitled/close captioned, even when they are available on live TV. It feels that as technology moves forward, we’re also taking steps back.

The increasing use of video reviews and interviews by websites is also fustrating when they don’t bother to summarise the content, let alone produce a transcript – it would be nice to get the gist sometimes! (not a criticism aimed at WGS but it is something I feel is becoming very prevalent across many technology sites.

By: Cyberke

Cyberke — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:12:56 +0000

Hey Kevin,

I had to change my country settings to Netherlands to have at least some content online. In Belgium there is really nothing to find for Vista Media center.

I don’t understand why Microsoft doesn’t have some agreements with Belgian content providers.

I will follow your initiative closely because I am very interested.

Grtz,

Nic

By: Kevin Voet

Kevin Voet — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:39:28 +0000

I noticed the NBC tab as well but seeing I don’t have a TV tuner card in my test box I can’t access it anyway.

And people wonder why we look for alternatives such as Mediaportal or XBMC. Off course it’s not all bad. MC still has a great interface and a lot of good features.

But Microsoft should work on allowing users to add their own content (video RSS feeds for example)

By: Jim Clark

Jim Clark — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:01:06 +0000

hmmm. Kind of like my post about NBC’s Internet coverage of the Olympics: http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2008/08/01/nbc-olympics-coverage-on-windows-media-center/

No coverage outside the U.S.