I’ve been reading through some of the threads on The Green Button about the Windows Media Center included in the forthcoming Windows 7 and it’s starting to get me really excited.  From what I understand, they’ve done some really cool things with the interface to really polish it up.  The interface on Vista Media Center was already pretty cool, but it sounds like they’ve done some “fit and finish” type upgrades to it for Windows 7.

There are some screenshots of the interface on The Media Center Blog.  They’re kind of small but they give you an idea of what the interface looks like.

I admit that some of the features I’m looking forward to are already available in the TV Pack.  However, I haven’t taken the time to figure out how to install the TV Pack, as it doesn’t seem like it’s really a straightforward process.  The biggest feature I’m looking forward to is guide favorites so that I can set up a “Kids” favorites, etc. to make it easier to find groups of channels.

I’m attending an MSDN Developer Conference in January and we’re supposed to be receiving a DVD with the beta copy of Windows 7 on it.  In fact, as far as I can tell we’ll be the first group of people to to get it, as I’m attending the first conference that it will be available at.  I’ll report back once I get my hands on it.