As much as MS is trying to be Everything to everybody, I don't know why they don't expand on WMC. I got it! They could sell it as an expansion of the Office system... WMC365... and make it a subscription! :sneaky: *sigh*
But, in reality, if they could new and improve it a wee bit... I think it would be a good thing.
I remember getting Bill Gates' book
The Road Ahead when it came out in 1999. It came with a CD that had a video of his vision for the future with police holding sleek tablets that were showing data of a suspect. And, whoa,! the tablet would switch away to a video call with another cop, then to a map with locations pinpointed. It looked amazing, and that seems to have come true.
But he also outlined in the book how microprocessors were working in cars, and how the whole house could be controlled by local computers including HVAC, lighting, security, and ENTERTAINMENT! When WMC came out, I thought MS was fulfilling that dream with something you could replace your cable boxes with and give you control over that content in comprehensive ways, oh and not charge a monthly fee for it (I agree that this is probably why it's not viable anymore).
So I didn't have any qualms about upgrading the HTPC for HDTV (last year believe it or not) and new CableCard tuners. It worked out so well that I just knew this was the way of the future, and I was an early, happy adopter (I started by using an SD signal from satellite boxes passing through WMC, but you can't do that with HD)
But then came the announcement that W10 wouldn't have WMC. I like your products Microsoft, but this is indeed a letdown, and to me a step back.