While the question that usually occupies my mind is "Does anyone care about Blu-Ray/HD-DVD?" our sister blog PVR Wire raises another salient query:
"Does anyone care about Intel's Viiv?" Like PVR Wire's JJ Hawkins, I've got to wonder if Intel's marketing, which tries to paint it as the only way to build a real multimedia PC, is really getting through to anyone, and if there's anything to it. "This Business Week article describes Viiv as 'Intel's response to demand for personal computers that can record and distribute digitized TV shows, music, and movies around the house-be it on a PC, TV, stereo system, or portable media player,'" say Hawkins. "Call me zany, but I'm already distributing digitized media around my house without the use of Viiv based PC, and while Viiv may be a platform that simplifies this entire process, I can't say the process is all that difficult to begin with - especially utilizing the Windows Media Center PC OS." Do you own a Viiv PC? Is it doing anything spectacular that we should know about? Backflips, maybe? Impromptu iPod commercials? Let us know in the comments.
Tags: intel, jj hawkins, JjHawkins, media, processor, pvr wire, PvrWire, viiv
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Subscribe to commentsryanOct 17th 2006 12:59PM
no
NipAug 21st 2007 1:50AM
What the hell is V//V?
(Just kidding)
ryanOct 17th 2006 1:06PM
it's the root of your V drive, dumbass
jrOct 17th 2006 1:13PM
Honestly, no.
I've got a ~$500 microATX box in my media center that does what diiv does, and a bit more. It's not a monster powerhouse PC, but then, it shouldn't have to be. It doesn't even run Media Center (just plain ol' HomeXP).
It works great for what I need it to do.
For portable computing, i've got a $700 laptop. Yeah, I'd love a tablet form factor, but this works well enough. It's even got svideo out if I feel like plugging it into a monitor. For travelling, i've got a 20 hour media player.
I'm sorry, but I'm just not really seeing the need for yet another dedicated device.
DiddleOct 17th 2006 2:22PM
Viiv, c'est mort.