Amusing Viiv Is Still Overkill

Iria · Nov 20, 2006, 05:19 PM

Source: Wired News
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Almost every company with a foot in the world of personal computing aspires to break out of the den and into users' living rooms.

But while PC makers want their machines put to new uses, such as pumping digital music through stereos and streaming video to high-def TVs, consumers remain unenthusiastic. Viiv, Windows Media Center and Front Row -- the living-room initiatives from Intel, Microsoft and Apple, respectively -- haven't exactly made the manufacturers' best-seller lists.

Nov 20, 2006, 05:19 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Amusing Viiv Is Still Overkill Source: Wired News ________ Almost every company with a foot in the world of personal computing aspires to break out of the den and into users' living rooms. But while PC makers want their machines put to new uses, such as pumping digital music through stereos and streaming video to high-def TVs, consumers remain unenthusiastic. Viiv, Windows Media Center and Front Row -- the living-room initiatives from Intel, Microsoft and Apple, respectively -- haven't exactly made the manufacturers' best-seller lists.