Microsoft says otherwise David! Please look under the feature that says "All the Benefits of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP SP2". It clearly says in the description column "Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is the first consumer OS built on top of the Windows XP Home and Service Pack 2 (SP2) foundation"

[Link: microsoft.com]

I'd love to be wrong here. It would mean Microsoft did something right for a change. This is another reason I think It's based on home ;-)

This was being discussed in another thread, and yes some of the Pro features are there, but others are missing. Be careful that the features you need are included.