Windows Live for TV hits beta

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 4th 2007 at 11:51AM

Apparently, SideShow isn't the only Vista attraction trying to garner attention, as the project formerly known as Nemo has gone and hit beta, picking up a more politically correct name along the way. Now dubbed Windows Live for TV, this flavor of Windows Live is made to play nice with your TV through Windows Vista Media Center, and adds an expansive interface that "provides easy access to Spaces, Messenger, and Live Call." More specifically, users can reportedly browse Spaces in 3D, utilize "full keyword searches," initiate real-time text / voice conversations, converse via Windows Live Messenger, and navigate the panes with a mouse, keyboard, or remote. Unfortunately, Windows XP users won't have much luck here, as it's built to work solely in Vista Premium / Ultimate. Also of note, the beta page requires users to be signed in with a US Live ID to function, so be sure to hit the via link to peep a few more sneak peeks at the software in action.

[Via PVRWire]

Filed under: Desktops, Home Entertainment, Laptops

Tags: beta, dvr, nemo, pvr, software, vista, windows, windows live, windows live for tv, WindowsLive, WindowsLiveForTv

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_man1c_ @ Jan 4th 2007 12:14PM

thats pretty neat. was going to get Vista-Ultimate when it first launched, but will hold out now. needed to pay bill first. although looking at this feature helps when finally making the decision to upgrade i can look forward to it.

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waffles @ Jan 4th 2007 12:43PM

yay for me =D.
when does this get onto the ultimate extras...oh and @man1c, google the words 'Dr.Chang' or 'raymond.cc blog' =D

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redpill @ Jan 4th 2007 12:52PM

Has anyone got this to work cause i get an error when i click on it??

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Spencer @ Jan 4th 2007 1:26PM

this looks awesome...

vistalicious baby!

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Yixian @ Jan 4th 2007 1:53PM

God that interface looks awful.

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Topmoo @ Jan 4th 2007 2:54PM

I played round with it, it's alright I guess, it works nice with Vista Media Center which I think might be the only useful feature. Basically it puts Messenger back into media center when they removed it for vista. Plus the addition of the MSN spaces feature made to look more myspacey.
Basically you'll appreciate this if you were using messenger with MCE 05 and miss it in Vista, but you might be missing it for a bit longer because the only features that currently work are the Spaces, messenger isn't up and running for text or chat yet.

Topmoo

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michael @ Jan 4th 2007 5:08PM

that does look wonderful and all, but it's too bad that I just have Media Center for XP SP2. I wish they did launch one for XP users too. Otherwise than that, it seems cool to me.

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Pal @ Jan 4th 2007 6:25PM

Looks like Gametap.

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