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WilHarris · 17th Nov 2006, 10:42

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/11...s_Viiv-a-like/

DougEdey · 17th Nov 2006, 12:01

But it has knobs on!

Faulk_Wulf · 17th Nov 2006, 14:47

A tower will always be next to a user, no matter what the room is. At least until the advent of wireless disk drives.

Its not exactly pretty either.

M4RTIN · 17th Nov 2006, 15:28

is spake actually a word?

anyway thats just any old media centre surely, why is amd's any better

phonon45 · 17th Nov 2006, 18:40

I am currently thinking that a PC at my desk and an xbox 360 under the TV is a good route to go. What do you really need a PC in the living room for other than playing PC games on your shiny new HDTV? The fewer systems that need constant tweaking the better. Especially when the wife expects the living room experience to be consistent.

DXR_13KE · 17th Nov 2006, 19:30

its just a matter of time until this flops or not vs viiv.

speedfreek · 17th Nov 2006, 23:07

I would prefer to have a set top box that can grab off the network instead of a mainly stand alone unit. And I would not buy anything prebuilt anyway, though the case dosent look too bad.

koola · 17th Nov 2006, 23:29

Yes, a client that pulls from a central server sounds like a better idea tbh. That case does look a bit fugly though!

Cthippo · 20th Nov 2006, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by phonon45

I am currently thinking that a PC at my desk and an xbox 360 under the TV is a good route to go. What do you really need a PC in the living room for other than playing PC games on your shiny new HDTV? The fewer systems that need constant tweaking the better. Especially when the wife expects the living room experience to be consistent.

That raises an interesting question. The 360 is fundamentally a computer with a network connection in an ugly box. Would it be possible for the 360 to be programmes to act as a HTPC? Potentially MS, and perhaps Sony, could create a huge new market with their existing hardware.

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Faulk_Wulf Internet Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 280	A tower will always be next to a user, no matter what the room is. At least until the advent of wireless disk drives. Its not exactly pretty either.

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17th Nov 2006, 18:40	#5
phonon45 Minimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Most likely in the Lab Posts: 32	I am currently thinking that a PC at my desk and an xbox 360 under the TV is a good route to go. What do you really need a PC in the living room for other than playing PC games on your shiny new HDTV? The fewer systems that need constant tweaking the better. Especially when the wife expects the living room experience to be consistent.