Windows 7 - The Media Center Dilemma

This will be short and sweet. I have a CableCard Media Center I've blogged in anger on PeterF.net before about CableCard DRM. Windows Vista and 7 use OS specific DRM. This means I cannot share my recorded TV shows between the two operating systems, eventhough they're on the same harddrive on the same computer. Just to clarify, we're talking about 1 TB of TV. Watching live TV is reserved for football/baseball games only.

Windows 7 is so amazing that I'm using it on my laptop as my primary operating system. I don't even have a problem with data migration. So thanks MS for making me (and many others) love your new product, but screw you for accepting horrendous DRM that makes me wait for the final release to make the jump on my Media Center.

I'm going to lose tv when Windows 7 comes out. Also, I do not believe an upgrade install willl work. Typically the DRM is broken and killed when you run the media center setup. Especially on a new OS. I just don't plan on testing that!