Richard J Green

Sky Player for Windows Media Center

It’s been visible for sometime, however today is the first day that the Sky Player functionality in Windows Media Center works. I’ve never used Sky Player online before so I had a bit of work getting my account setup and the rights to access our subscribed channels but after about 15-30mins I had it all working.

The UI is clean and mostly in-line with the style of Windows Media Center. Some elements such as the TV Guide I felt where not sympathetic to the Media Center UI and should be updated to give a better feel of integration.

The Now Playing mini-menu items also aren’t Media Center-esk at all. They are evidently Sky’s UI at work here, and again I feel they should be integrated into the Media Center look at feel.

The number of channels available is a bit on the slim side – I was expecting to see the full line-up available making a seamless experience across Sky+ or Sky+HD set-top and WMC (not to mention Xbox 360) but this is not the case.

The channels currently available are as follows:

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