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Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

Did you know that the Windows Media Center team is conducting a Digital Home Makeover Contest to celebrate the consumer availability of new Extenders for Windows Media Center?  For one lucky winner, a makeover team will transform their disconnected digital lifestyle into a home entertainment dream with a prize package totaling up to $10,000!!!

The Digital Home Makeover Contest is designed to address the real challenges people face when adopting today's digital lifestyle. Today's consumers have a wide variety of digital content in their homes-thousands of digital pictures, MP3's, TV shows and movies- and homes may have dozens of devices which allow people to interact with and enjoy this content. But wouldn't it be nice if digital media could be seamlessly viewed and accessible around the home?    

The winner of the Digital Home Makeover Contest will receive what they need to take control of connecting their entertainment options and start enjoying content from room to room, anywhere in the house. Microsoft is accepting entries in the form of two-minute videos that illustrate a contestant's disconnected digital lifestyle and why they need a digital home makeover.  Entries will be accepted through May 2nd at http://www.windowsmediacenter.com/contest

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  1. JasonBischoff
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 11:42AM  

    This looks like a great context.  Why is it not open to Canadian residents?

  2. iand
    MVPForum
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 11:43AM  

    Scott Evans from Microsoft is on this weeks Media Center Show talking about it

  3. iand
    MVPForum
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 12:18PM  

    I create a version of the competition for enthusiast, we have nearly 100 pictures posted to the Flickr group and you can win an Xbox plus other stuff.

    Media Center enthusiasts only!!

  4. newscientist2000
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 12:26PM  

    Cool, I havent even cleaned up my room yet!

    I so totally in need of a makeover.

  5. rkpatrick
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 5:33PM  

    Yikes! Those new extenders still run close in cost to the Xbox 360 :(

  6. iAmaterasu
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 6:00PM  

    I have a question about my Vista. It won't turn on, it was just fine last night. This morning when I got up I noticed it was off so I pressed power and it would not come on. So I figured something in the back was loose so I was going to deal with it when I got home. Well when I got home I checked it and nothing was loose in the back. So I was wondering, what could possibly be wrong with it?

  7. newscientist2000
    Posted on: April 03, 2008 at 7:20PM  

    Hi iAmaterasu,

    If your PC is not turning on perhaps its the power supply or the connection to your laptop.

    You would at least see a BIOS screen on Boot if your hardware was working.  You probably have a hardware not a software error.

  8. MiCCAS
    Posted on: April 04, 2008 at 4:58AM  

    Once again it's only open to the US.. when will you guys realise that the US is not the only country of people interested in this sort of thing :(

  9. newscientist2000
    Posted on: April 04, 2008 at 9:51AM  

    Im sure there are other country specific promos that go on in other countries which US people cant enter, such as the its not cheating promo that initially was AUS only.

    Or the Free OneNote 2003 Promo that ran in the UK only.

    One other reason why Promos like this are more common in the USA is probably due to tax reasons.

    Infact in the USA contestants who win competitions usually get hit with a Tax Bill, I guess the promoter may even get a Tax write off?

    Read here:

    http://ask.metafilter.com/37275/You-win-You-lose

    The nice thing about the above competition is its for up to $10,000... I guess that would allow some flexibility to the winner to recieve slightly less cutting edge winnings(i.e. 50" TV instead of a 60" TV), if his taxes would be more advantageous to them as a result.

  10. rak-novice
    Posted on: April 07, 2008 at 11:39AM  

    Why do you have to submit a video? That would cost me money and time. Time I have, money I don't have. Did I see their was no cost to enter?

    Thank You

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