Until the end of January 2013, Microsoft is offering users of Windows 8 Pro the Windows Media Center Pack for free. Any user that doesn’t have Pro can upgrade for $69.99
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Article by Nigel Wilks
I'm a Technical Architect based in the UK predominantly working on Windows Server and Active Directory based solutions. I'm also a Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP and moderator/author at http://www.mediasmartserver.net. I've released the FirePlay for Windows Home Server, WHS PHP Installer, MySql Installer for WHS and Wordpress Installer for WHS Add-Ins as well as co-author of the SanEncore and WHS Health Add-Ins with Alex Kuretz.
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In addition, you can use the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant which will allow you to download the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99.
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx