Windows Media Center was an app that allowed you to play media from the comfort of your own room. It even had the functions of a DVR, so you could record shows via live TV... if you had a tuner card, that is. The software originated in a specialized-version of Windows XP, being Windows XP Media Center Edition, released in 2002. Subtle updates were made in 2003, 2004 and 2005, with MCE 2004, MCE 2005 and MCE 2005 Update Rollup 2 respectively, but the first major update was in 2006 with Windows Vista, sporting a new user interface, HD content support, allowing support for DVDs and MPEG2, and several other features. The last major update was in Windows 7, released in 2009. Updates included in this version include H.264 video, tweaks to the UI and shared media libraries. After 2009, no updates were made to Windows Media Center, as the team was disbanded shortly after Windows 7 released.

Ever since Windows 8 stopped updating it and Windows 10 completely removed it, it has been impossible to use Windows Media Center without shoehorning the app using third-party community solutions. These solutions can and most likely will work fine until you update, in which it might go away.

All we ask from this poll is that either you make Windows Media Center open-source, allowing others to edit and fork the app for their own purpose, or reassemble the Windows Media Center development team and continue to work on it in modern versions of Windows. This could greatly affect the home theatre personal computer (HTPC) crowd, who wish to use WMC but are unable to switch to another program for reasons, such as a feature missing.