Windows: Maybe you’re a Windows Media Center fan with an occasional jones for Boxee apps, or a Boxee fan who’d like a little DVR action. A free utility can integrate Boxee into Windows Media Center, giving you the best of both worlds.

This Windows Media Center plug-in comes courtesy of the same folks who gave us the Hulu Desktop Integration, and acts much the same way. Click on the Boxee option from Windows Media Center’s main menu, and Windows Media Center will close down while Boxee opens up. Watch your NBC/ABC/Fox/Hulu, see what’s new on the Onion News Network, and then close Boxee—back up comes Windows Media Center.

The real benefit comes from using a remote on your couch to navigate both applications, never having to get up and mouse around or VNC into your home theater PC from a laptop to get just what you want on your big screen. With both Hulu and Boxee available as temporary switches, Windows Media Center balances out a few of its weaknesses in a head-to-head comparison.

Boxee Windows Media Center Integration is a free download for Windows 7 only. As with Hulu Desktop Integration, it won’t work with media center extenders like the XBOX. Thanks to Hector, who both tipped us off and, apparently, inspired this app’s creation!