Kodi 21.3 Omega / 22.0 rc1 Piers

As a Linux person I would rate this as 3.5 stars because it is a good app and fiddling about is part of the Linux way BUT as a Windows app, Kodi is a failure in that it is much too pissantry to install and no amount of YouTube instruction for getting a simple executable up and working is excusable in Windows World.

It must be far better tested in Win 7, 8.1 and 10 to ensure it completely bundles with every single .dll, .ocx or any other essential file to ensure it runs OOTBox! Until it's developers grasp that simple fact Kodi wiil always be relegated to the boonies of Home Theater programs and never fulfill its potential.

To the developers of Kodi: Don't waste your time adding new bells and whistles until you can get your software to install. Perfectly. Every time. No excuses. To do otherwise simply increases user expectations and heightens their level of disappointment and bad press.