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Re: ‘Fiji’ on track to debut before Windows 7
Just on the OEM only rumour....
I could be wrong, but I recall Ian Dixon mentioning on his Media Centre Show podcast recently that an upcoming "Media Centre TV Pack" was an update to add Japanese ISDB-T support to Media Centre.
It is feasible that such an update could be OEM only (I don't know what that Japanese market for Media Centre is like....perhaps nobody up there builds their own machine, and everyone purchases pre-built OEM Media Centres?)
It's possible that Ben @ Engadget is confusing this "TV pack" (ISDB-T support) with the broader Fiji update, and assuming they're one and the same?
Again, I don't know for sure....maybe the are the same thing. I suppose I could see how the Direct TV functionality might be OEM only, like CableCard is (but then again that's only because of the CableLabs certification process....not sure there is an equivalent certification for Direct TV).
Anyway, like dgaust I too would be very surprised to see a general update for Media Centre going back to OEM only.
Love to find out more about that .wtv format though...what's different, how is it better than DVR-MS etc..
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