Article: Media Center PCs Help Gadget-Loving Dads Think Inside a Single Box.

REDMOND, Wash., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, the maxim was: The dad with the most remote controls wins. But as the number of home entertainment and computing devices has grown around most homes, so has the complexity of operating all these devices together. Thanks to the efforts of Microsoft Corp., even the most gadget-happy guys are reassessing whether more really is better.

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"It would be nice if all these devices worked together and everything could run on one box in the living room," said Greg Meythaler, a father of two kids and a budding collection of uncooperative digital devices.

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