It looks like my overview of HP’s z565 Digital Entertainment Center was just in time. HP has announced that they will no longer be focusing on their Digital Entertainment Center line of products. From CEPro:
The company instead will focus its energy on MediaSmart, the new brand of TVs with digital media adapters built in — not Microsoft Media Center Extenders that link Media Centers with remote TVs, but HP’s own solution for distributing photos, music, video and other content (including Web-based) to the TV.
This seems like an odd decision for HP and is definitely a blow to Microsoft’s desire to wrestle control of the living room away from cable boxes. Vista is finally an OS robust enough to deliver a great experience as a media center. My guess is that you will still be able to buy a HP computer with a Digital Cable Tuner but it just won’t be as sleek as the z565.
Tue, Mar 27, 2007
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