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Intel to Market PCs as Home Entertainment Hubs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the questionable-choices dept.

wantobe writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that Intel is developing their own "new technology" to convert home computers into entertainment hubs. Does anyone even really want this?" From the article: "Analysts say the chip bundle and software will transform the PC into an all-purpose multimedia device designed to function as a CD and DVD player, digital video recorder, game console, as well as a machine for traditional data processing and Internet."

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  1. Re:eShmoo by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    Danke.

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  2. Re:eShmoo by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    That damn fan ruins everything. Unless they make it a kitchen appliance, with WiFi to dinky little media adapters that plug into stereos and TVs. The trick is making it all trivially easy to plug together, because it competes with DVD players, which win on their simple, familiar interface.

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