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Intel's Linux Based Home Media Gateway

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-oughta-take-awhile dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article at LinuxDevices.com takes a look at a new 'home media gateway' design that was unveiled today by Intel at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA. The device is expected to be manufactured by multiple consumer electronics manufacturers in Asia, and will enable the distribution of PC digital media to TVs and stereos throughout the home. The gadget is based on one of Intel's new XScale processors running a customized version of Linux, provides support for JPEG, MP3, and WMA digital content, utilizes 802.11b wireless networking, and supports NTSC/PAL/S-video TV connections and AC-97 stereo connection. The home media adapter is a key component of Intel's 'Extended Wireless PC Initiative', which is part of Intel's greater Digital Home initiative."

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  1. Any notice by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    On their little diagram showing photos of individual components, that the TV in the 'living room' appears to be displaying an MS blue screen?

    That gave me a chuckle.

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  2. I think the best part by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 3, Funny
    is the WEP-enabled 802.3 compatibility layer that will optimize the window polarization diffusion. OTOH, you really have to love the 25 micron fabrication process for the sub-floor insulating layer as well as the silicon-eroded conduction density valences. I was talking with the kids and they feel that the biased temperature inversion lattices and Java insertion sorts embedded in the bathroom towels are going to rock.

    My wife said to stop being stupid and use my money to buy food for homeless people, but that seems like a waste to me. Any thoughts?

  3. Re:Big deal, I already have one of these. by KUHurdler · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd better copyright this "network" before someone steals your idea.

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  4. blue screen by wiredog · · Score: 3, Funny
    Several years ago at Comdex one of the casinos (MGM Grand?) had their outside display blue screen on them. It was the talk of the show. Well, that and the new digital LCD screens.

    Come to think of it, digital LCD screens were the last new consumer item that everyone at Comdex was talking about.

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  5. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They keep burying him in the annex behind the Pet Sematary.

    Just cremate the guy, already.