At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the Microsoft boss showcased two technologies he claims will form the hub of digital multimedia in the home. The first technology is a device called Mira - a computer with a detachable flat-panel...
Gates also touted some under-the-hood advances, including Windows Media Video HD, a version of Microsoft's Windows Media Player that supports HDTV output. The first such products, set for release late this year, will be television set-top boxes...
Hewlett-Packard has announced its Digital Entertainment Centre, a Media Center device that is designed to look more like a consumer electronics device than a PC and is also expected to offer dual tuners, among other features.
But the mini still lacks built-in abilities to record video from a television, which would turn it into a natural TiVo competitor, or a simple way to hook into a cable or satellite TV system. IDC analyst Susan Kevorkian said: "This has been a long...
The main reason for this shift is the emergence of HDTV. Digital video recorders have already begun teaching people to watch TV when they want instead of when their cable operator and the network television networks dictate they watch them.
This device will allow users to stream music or movies from a PC direct to a television.silicon.com Retail & Leisure The G5 allows users to back up and access music, DVD movies, photos and television programmes via a remote hand control.
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