"But I think this borders on the alarmist: "It's worse with video, where switching away from Media Center PC might cost you the footage of your son's first step

"But I think this borders on the alarmist: "It's worse with video, where switching away from Media Center PC might cost you the footage of your son's first steps, your sister's wedding, your holiday films." Even the darkest tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists don't suggest that Microsoft is going to hold my WMV-encoded home videos hostage. But you seem to be taking it even further, somehow tying it to the Media Center itself. Please explain. Posted by: Chris Anderson" to demonstrate how blind-sided or too naive or optimistic, a supposed technology-aware person can be.