Intel and Philips Partner To Make Media Center PC

MEDIA CENTER PC NEWS

September 4th 2005

Intel and Philips Partner To Make Media Center PC

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Intel and Philips are partnering to produce a Media Center PC - just don't call it a PC.

It will be positioned as an entertainment device, said Philips spokesperson Simon Poulter. "We're not calling it a PC, even though the device has a lot of PC functionality. We want it to be seen as an entertainment center."

Well, Microsoft have been trying to do that for years now without much luck, so it will be interesting to see if Philips manage any better. As a company with a heritage in consumer electronics they have a chance, but if the resulting device is essentially a PC, a sceptical public isn't going to fall for it.

The PC-based Philips system, called Philips Showline Media Center, includes a card that allows users to watch two TV channels simultaneously, a 250-gigabyte hard disk drive for storing music and photos, and a recorder for DVDs and CDs.

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