Milo - I take it you haven't met them...........................
On a more serious note, and I'm sorry to bitch about it, but XMBC had not crossed my sightline before. I downloaded it (Windows) and it installed fine. If anyone has used it on Win (XP), I have a problem - running it delivers a brief glance of the programme title and then a pretty screen full of blue circles - and a locked PC. Any tips?