Microsoft vs. Tivo futures?

I read this post about Microsoft filing against TiVo on my fave El Reg:

http://bit.ly/gLsXII

And then saw a similar post from MaryJo Foley:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/more-codenames-provide-clues-to-planned-microsoft-mediaroom-iptv-blitz/8520?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+zdnet/microsoft+(ZDNet+All+About+Microsoft)

Combined with Windows Embedded:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/default.mspx

...I think the future of Media Center is looking interesting.

Ian Dixon at TDL had an install going of this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/downloads/default.mspx

I think it looks pretty good:

http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/tdl/b/ian/archive/2011/01/26/building-a-windows-media-center-set-top-box-install-with-windows-embedded.aspx