My ISP posts their speeds to marketing (7 Mbps for standard), and then sets the equipment to ensure that customers get those actual speeds (7.5 Mbps). I consistently get over 7 megs down, and their high-end techs hang out at broadbandreports to respond to any really tough network issues and user challenges. They get it, and I wish that more ISPs were the same way.
I personally have been looking forward to this for awhile, for the simple reason that I cannot get a Tivo in Canada (and happend to also need a new PC).
Links to some good info I've found today:
HP Press Release http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/0 3sep02b.h tm
The actual system http://h30015.www3.hp.com/mediaPC/
A overview/review of the system http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/frees tyle_pre view.asp
It's a lengthly video, but Microsoft demonstrated this very use at CES. Video can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/news/news.a sp.
What you're talking about is exactly what I've been looking for from a PC as well. Microsoft is bundling this "Mira" detachable screen and their new "Freestyle" interface to deliver exactly the home media center that you're describing.
The first version has the following limitations: 1. Only one user session can be active 2. No video or high-end graphics
There's another good overview of these technologies here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/freestyle_mir a.asp
From the brief reading I've done, they want to see a link in the HTTP header that refers to the location of the privacy policy on the server. This policy needs to be encoded in XML to match a set of tags specified by the W3C spec.
More technical information can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles /q 283/1/85.asp
http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P/
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My ISP posts their speeds to marketing (7 Mbps for standard), and then sets the equipment to ensure that customers get those actual speeds (7.5 Mbps). I consistently get over 7 megs down, and their high-end techs hang out at broadbandreports to respond to any really tough network issues and user challenges. They get it, and I wish that more ISPs were the same way.
ISP: http://www.cogeco.ca/
BBR Forum: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cogeco
Samsungs will sell in Korea only
HP will sell in North America only
NEC will sell in China next year
From what I can tell, looks like UK and USA only - same restriction as Tivo.
I personally have been looking forward to this for awhile, for the simple reason that I cannot get a Tivo in Canada (and happend to also need a new PC).
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s tyle_pre view.asp
Links to some good info I've found today:
HP Press Release
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/
The actual system
http://h30015.www3.hp.com/mediaPC/
A overview/review of the system
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/free
It's a lengthly video, but Microsoft demonstrated this very use at CES. Video can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/news/news.a sp.
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What you're talking about is exactly what I've been looking for from a PC as well. Microsoft is bundling this "Mira" detachable screen and their new "Freestyle" interface to deliver exactly the home media center that you're describing.
The first version has the following limitations:
1. Only one user session can be active
2. No video or high-end graphics
There's another good overview of these technologies here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/freestyle_mi
From the brief reading I've done, they want to see a link in the HTTP header that refers to the location of the privacy policy on the server. This policy needs to be encoded in XML to match a set of tags specified by the W3C spec.
s /q 283/1/85.asp
More technical information can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/article
http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P/