Ultimate?  Hardly.  Hodge podge if you ask me.

Agree no DVD streaming. need a speciall OEM for cable card.

What a load of crap!  Who approves this stuff?

All these nice shiny boxes to create a 5.1 home theatre.  70 inch rear pro as the ultimate theatre - maybe 5 years ago? 

There are a lot of sources but where are the speakers in the parts list?

Download the .pdf and it doesn’t mention speakers...I guess they consider using the McIntosh amps as heaters. “The amps crave heaps of AC power and dissipate a lot of heat, so locating them in the Residential Data Centre is a good idea.”

I’d hate to see what this guy would come up with if he had less than 25 years experience.

PC

Microsoft keeps attempting these mediocre plays at the living room.

What is the point?

To me a home theater is awesome picture and sound, more hd channels than one knew existed, etc.

Where does microsoft need to be in this picture?

Discrete power commands?  Ha, Ha, Ha.

What a joke.

BTW My Linux box that I just built does allow content from the internet etc., so what is the point?

Keep microsoft out of the living room unless you are bringing your XP laptop with you.

I have enough windows in my home, thank you.

I’d like to see one, just one project that Interactive Home has completed with a set up like this.  Unless the home owner NEVER turns on the system I can guarantee they would ask for it to be ripped out on the second day.  The possibility of user error is enormous, to say nothing of the lack of reliability.  What happens when a new network printer is added to the network and the broadcast traffic by all this MCE stuff causes it to fall over.  I can ASSURE you, the customer won’t tolerate the situation, because they have an “ultimate media center”.  We’ll stick with Kaleidescape and Crestron, works every time, I make money with it, and my customers keep coming back for more (second, third houses, boats, etc.)