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WilHarris · 6th Jan 2006, 06:28

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01/06/tom_hanks_viiv/

Quite a surprise watching Otellini drone on, then seeing all those chaps roll out!

sadffffff · 6th Jan 2006, 06:46

typo in hank's quote "waants" or maybe he elongated it when he said it

Anakha · 6th Jan 2006, 06:52

Also a very novel spelling of "Broadband" there, too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will Harris in the News article

Intel's CEO said that living room computing wasn't exactly normal right now - but that the convergence of processing, braodband and digital online content, in combination with open standards, would push us over the threshold of a new digital entertainment era.

Oh, and the o's in "Proof" are the wrong way round. The first o is where the second should be, and vice-versa.

Fly · 6th Jan 2006, 13:13

Wow, isn't Danny de Vito tiny?

rupbert · 6th Jan 2006, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fly

Wow, isn't Danny de Vito tiny?

Nah, it's just the perspective

specofdust · 6th Jan 2006, 13:45

Hmm, it seems intel would like to become time-warner-intel maybe, this convergance of technologies and the obvious and resultant conglomeration of companies worries me.

Hamish · 6th Jan 2006, 13:46

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Otellini presented what he believed would be the future of TV - a worldwide audience. He showcased several content producers from India, China and Spain that would be distributing their content via Viiv PCs, allowing for native language speakers to enjoy the local content wherever in the world they might be. We can only hope that more mainstream companies get on board - no more waiting 6 months for the new season of 24 in the UK!

woo this could actually be half decent
i still think the main problem with any idea like this is that its going to have a hard time being better than the illegal way
if its live (ie you can watch it at the same time its being broadcast everywhere else)
good quality (none of this crappy low bit-rate streams you get now)
ad-free
and pretty damn cheap
it might work, otherwise people will just torrent/whatever the eps instead

Firehed · 6th Jan 2006, 19:46

Three weeks to ship a million ~~Yonahs~~ Core Duos? That almost confirms it to me that Apple will be updating their iBooks to dual core next week at the mac show.

And I get to use a student discount on one

Woot.

Now all we need for these cool-sounding content distro systems is to get decent broadband speeds out beyond Japan. I don't think my 4Mbit is going to cut it for anything decent. Especially as my SD transcodes tend to weigh in at anywhere from 2-3.5Mbit for just the video, plus overhead, etc. Once Fios is in my area, it's a different story I'd bet (15/2Mbit D/U for $50/mo? Yeah, sounds nice to me. Especially as it's faster than T1...)

DXR_13KE · 7th Jan 2006, 01:35

i think they are trying to imitate M$ for that Justin Timberlake aperance LOL

i wont buy a viiv but i will wait a little until vista comes out and every one goes around screaming to get the new OS se that it is obsecive and it is crap and M$ dies and linux takes its place.
then ween hardware is cheaper i will buy a new machine

6th Jan 2006, 06:28	#1
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6th Jan 2006, 13:13	#4
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7th Jan 2006, 01:35	#9
DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,460	i think they are trying to imitate M$ for that Justin Timberlake aperance LOL i wont buy a viiv but i will wait a little until vista comes out and every one goes around screaming to get the new OS se that it is obsecive and it is crap and M$ dies and linux takes its place. then ween hardware is cheaper i will buy a new machine __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

6th Jan 2006, 06:46	#2
sadffffff Hypermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: sadffffff Posts: 676	typo in hank's quote "waants" or maybe he elongated it when he said it