Earlier this year, Microsoft started an initiative called TV on your PC, with the incentive of a free USB TV Tuner supplied by AverMedia. The scheme was to find 1000 users (or TV Ambassadors) of TV on your PC (or Xbox) and provide reports via a Live Spaces blog.
I signed up for this, as did around 4000 others, so I was honoured when I was selected to move from the TV Ambassador scheme to become a Microsoft Most Valuable Consumer, along with 4 other MVCs (Phillip, Graham, Steve & Andrew) and spend a day down at Microsoft, discussing the highs & lows of Media Center, Sky Player & MSN Videos.
I've been using Media Center since 2005, so it was really enjoyable discussing the tech with everyone, especially Andrew Edney; he runs the usingwindowshomeserver.com website and reports with Ian Dixon over at thedigitallifestyle.com - two big hitters in the Media Center arena.
During the day, we met key members of the Media Center EMEA team (Louise, Helena, Rob & Abid) and talked on video camera about our thoughts and concerns. Despite their best efforts to get us to go to sleep in the afternoon after a great al fresco lunch at one of London's best Italian restaurants, everyone was still geared up for a great afternoon.
Overall, I thought the day was a great success and I hope any momentum isn't lost, as we've all (Microsoft included) put in a lot of work to get this far!
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