8 features to make media centers mainstream

Floppyhead has a rather nice article about what it'll take for Media Centers to be mainstream. No doubt they're getting much closer than ever before, and I agree with most of his points….except not sure how huge "storage of movies" is to the mainstream audience.

1. HDTV reception and recording
2. A plug and play interface
3. Storage of movies
4. Media extenders without restrictions
5. Quite and stylish computer cases
6. Power management simplified
7. Manage multiple libraries
8. Under $700. Media centers need to be cheaper

Read the rest here.