In order of completedness we have (drum roll please.): The mac interface just wasn't built for this task and hence the need for a media-center app to simplify and manage these tasks for you, ideally w./ the use of a remote control of some sort! Which is nice because it's a total pain in the arse to have to squint at your TV to discern what's playing on iTunes, scroll through finder windows to find that movie you want to watch etc. They all offer some kind of enlarged, simplified browsing interface suitable for viewing from a distance. Media-center apps are basically all front-ends for accessing your media collection (music, video, photos, tv, DVDs, what-have-you) via a single unified interface. Good question (tho' god knows why you're asking that if you read this blog.)! Ok let's back up for a minute, the uninitiated are asking "what's a mac media-center app?". Now keep in mind that none of them are really finished, polished pieces of work yet but there's enough meat here to review some of their most important features. I've finally gotten around to installing them all and gave them a test-drive over the past week. Yeah yeah so there's now a veritable cornucopia of would-be mac media center apps out there in their teaser, alpha and 1.0 version all hoping to do what Front Row does but better.
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