Home Media for MAC

When will the Home Media software be available for MAC users?
Thanks!

What would you use a Mac Mini for?
Movies: You can insert DVD discs into the combo or superdrive and watch DVDs or maybe even burn your own!
Music: You can play music from iTunes or play your own CDs from it!
Pictures: You could have family album slideshows from iPhoto!
Videos: You could download videos and watch them on the display!
TV: You could buy a TV tuner(e.g. Elgato is the only tv tuner company i know which specialising for macs)
So basically, you can use the Mac mini as a media centre hub! I would recommend hooking it up to a large Cinema Display or LCD screen! That'll look so cool! Make sure your display has a DVI port if you want to use that or you could connect your old monitor with a VGA port as Apple provide a DVI-VGA adapter along with the mac mini in the box.
You could also get a specialised remote control for the Mac like this:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/90901/wo/tU5XbQaVhE6u3hnpfzM 1cHvpKo8/3.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3
ATI Remote Wonder remote control
You could also get a wireless keyboard and mouse!
You'd have a great media centre there! And it'd be much more flexible than Windows XP Media Centre Edition(in my opinion its a load of rubbish).
You've actually inspired me to do my own media centre now! Thanks!

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thank you!

Thanks for the message and info.
Before I install Flip4Mac, I should probably uninstall the Windows Media Player for OS X first, correct? In my application folder, I have an icon marked "uninstallflash_playerosx.dmg". (I also have "installflash_player_9_ubbeta.dmg" in the applications folder as well.) Are these connected to the Windows Media installer, or are they something else? I don't know what they are or what they do.
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