I'm not quite familiar with WMC story/ecosystem even though I am using it with W7 these days. One thing I noticed is that the missing good/solid hardware from

I'm not quite familiar with WMC story/ecosystem even though I am using it with W7 these days. One thing I noticed is that the missing good/solid hardware from big companies (i.e. Sony). Right now I'm using W7 with my computer and its screen, not a separate device that I can hook-up to my TV. AppleTV sort of did that half-ass (pardon me). AFAIK AppleTV cannot work with my Cable provider: it only streams content from the internet.