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Intel Branding Media Center PCs as "Viiv"

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tune-in dept.

ChessKnught writes "Dan Ackerman posted a blog on Blog.CNET.com regarding Intel Developer Forum chatter about Intel's branding of it's Media Center PC. Don McDonald, one of Intel's Digital Home Group Sr. VP's, is talking about 'Viiv', apparently targetting entertainment PC users. It looks like it'll be combining CPU, Intel hardware (TV tuner, remote, and easy setup wireless home networking, etc.) and Windows Media Center Edition."

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  1. From the article... by Nos. · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Aimed at entertainment PC users--particularly those who use rack-style home theater systems

    Is this a particularaly large market? I'm not a big audiophile, and don't have a huge plasma HD TV. I know some people who do. In all the stores I've been in, I've never seen rack-style home theatre equipment. Now, I'm not in the high end stores, but lets face it, if the big box stores aren't carrying it, there's not a big market for it.

    So, if most satellite and other TV providers already have PVRs and some have similar functionality (networkable, can play music, etc), where is the market for this? Is this going to be a high priced toy for those that can afford it?

    Of course, there is the possibility that they meant component style, which probably covers a pretty big majority of people who would be interested in something like this.

    1. Re:From the article... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 3, Insightful
      and don't have a huge plasma HD TV

      That's OK! Real videophiles tend to use HD Front Projections (anything from the 720P Sharp 12000s to true 1080i/p Sony Qualias). If a Videophile were to have a plasma it would be a "spare" that's on the wall visible when the screen is up, for bright ambient light viewing.

      Plasmas run hot, and have a severe burn-in problem. For that reason, people in-the-know avoid them.

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  2. This is related to a previous article... by njfuzzy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/27/225221 6&tid=118&tid=126&tid=1

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  3. Re:No it's 75 by ciroknight · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And VI IV is 64.

    And V IIV is 57.

    Who cares what it stands for. It's a retarded name, and hopefully it's just a codename. If they actually do use this ridiculus name, they're gonna have to highlight the letters so people know what Intel's smoking.

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  4. DRM by Vorondil28 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It looks like it'll be combining CPU, Intel hardware (TV tuner, remote, and easy setup wireless home networking, etc.) and Windows Media Center Edition."

    Not to mention DRM'd to hell?

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