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Microsoft Freon
Veramocor writes "MSNBC.com has an article posted from the WSJ about MS's new plan for living room domination, codenamed Freon. Freon will be capable of 'playing games but also offering television capabilities, such as pausing live TV and recording shows onto a computer hard drive.' The article then goes on to explain future potential business plans for XBox incarnations. The system does seem to have some great advantages. I must question their naming question however, we all know what a disaster the actual chemical Freon was. Here's to hoping, Cheers!" We mentioned the Xbox's planned evolution the other day, too, but without the fancy codename.
This would take the X-box one step closer to a place on my entertainment shelf.
What I would like to do ideally is to take my whole DVD collection and copy it to a hard drive. Then, I would like to have the X-box (Freon, whatever) come up with a menu and let me select one of the movies on its hard drive.
There are of course copyright issues with this (what keeps me from going to blockbuster, and conveniently backing up my rental to this box?).. but they can be worked around.
Anyone know if the X-box can be modified to do this yet?
p.s. Freon was not such a disaster. I'd have loved to have an exclusive patent to Freon for a few years.
I like the name. It reminds me of something else all right thinking people wanted to rid the world of.
think that just about says it all tbh
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
MS Freon contains BUGs that suck up people's ass
Ooooooh, I just can't wait until I can get Nimda on my Television!
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