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HP's Digital-Audio Entertainment Box

Posted by timothy on from the bit-burning-box dept.

ARP writes: "Hewlett Packard has introduced the de100c Digital Entertainment Center, a one of a kind stand-alone product that combines Internet features and digital multimedia capabilities. The unit connects to the television and stereo, from where it allows for organizing and storing MP3 and CD music that can be stored on its 40GB hard drive. It also comes with a CD writer for burning CDs on the fly, and USB connections for transferring files from and to portable devices such as PDAs. Coolest of all is the ability to connect through the Internet (broadband and dial-up both supported) to download music. The de100c is expected to hit the stores around the holidays. More info and shot at RatedPC." If this had the video capabilities like TiVo, it might be a much easier sell, but still looks like a useful component.

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  1. OS and Continuity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Well, my iBook does all that + plays DVDs, with FireWire connectivity, but most important of all, it gives me a sense of security regarding the ugradability of the OS and software.

    Whereas I don't see a lot of Unix/Mac/other developers waiting in line to expand this HP box's capabilities to handle new formats.

    So it'd better be very cheap and very recyclable.

    AC332