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PC that acts like a TV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the start-of-a-trend dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting on the newest HP Media Center PC, a PC that "acts like a TV". Seems to me it is a TIVO with some additional features, like storing and displaying pictures and music files. Runs on some sort of Windows XP." The real killer with this whole genre of device is cost and confusion. Users don't know what they do, so its not worth the cost. Anyone who has used a tivo for a week knows what it means. Business just needs to get the costs down. I think including functionality like pictures and music is a good step towards increasing value, as long as it doesn't add to the confusion.

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  1. Just a PC with a tuner card. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The HP computer, which will be available by the end of October, comes with a remote control, television tuner, and can record and play television shows and digital music. A monitor is extra.

    Reads like the Sunday flyers from electronics stores.

  2. It's not rocket science by squarefish · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I have the same thing from just adding a $150 ALL-IN-WONDER® RADEON 7500

    All the same functionality with the remote control on my current system.

    --
    Creationists are a lot like zombies. Slow, but powerful and numerous. And they all want to eat our brains.
  3. Windows XP Media Center Edition by HashDefine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is the 'some sort of Windows XP' he is talking about windows XP Media Center Edition

  4. Re:Hmmm.... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Computer? TV?

    I'd like to see if a beowulf cluster of those would be more stupid than the collective of everyone watching the boob tube...

  5. Re:P4 1.8GHz? by Trespass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shut the fuck up. That was uncalled for.