So, a lot of people seem to think that MCE PC’s are too overpriced. Okay, that’s cool becuase the OEM set’s the price. The problem i have with it is the same people think MCE sucks bcause it doesnt support HDTV or dual tuners. HD card’s right now cost about $300 and they only do OTA. So even if MCE supported HD and dual tuners you are talking about adding over $500 to the cost of the PC. Then the cost to Microsoft for having to explain what OTA is and how and what you get access to.
What if I don’t care about the price for HDTV MCE? What if I’d pay $5,000 for a machine? Can I have my HD MCE then? Nope.
Just abandoned all televsion on the MCE and bought the new HDTV Tivo — an incredibly superior 4 tuner digital television recorder.