Microsoft is polling members of the Green Button community to find potential beta testers for Windows 7 Media Center. You can learn something from a poll like this and as I read through the questions, I noticed an emphasis on satellite TV – which further confirms the DirecTV support coming in Windows 7. Here are the instructions for completing the survey and putting your name in the hat to be a beta tester:
If you are chosen as a Media Center beta tester, we will follow-up with an email when a beta will be available. Please take a moment to complete the following instructions to access this survey.
1. Go to http://connect.microsoft.com.
2. Please enter the following invitation code on the Connect main page, where it says “Were you invited to join Connect?”: WMC-JM7K-RRM6
3. Complete Survey.You are only allowed to complete this survey once. Please chose just one (1) dedicated PC for testing when responding to this survey.
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