If you are watching DVD movies on your PC you might find it convinient to have a remote control to use the usual functions, like forward, rewind, pause play and stop, but most home users lack such a feature on their current PC.
Microsoft will now be releasing a special edition of Windows XP called Windows XP Media Center Edition. This OS will come with a remote control and also comes with a digital personal video recorder that serves up TiVo-like features, as long as the PC contains an additional TV tuner card and other hardware.
Originally code-named Freestyle, this entertainment version of Windows--which will go by the name Windows XP Media Center Edition--will appear on new PCs and PC hybrids in time for the holidays, the company revealed on Tuesday. With Windows Media Center, consumers will be able to use a TV remote control to catalog songs, videos and pictures, as well as check TV listings. |
Windows Media Center brings the number of XP versions to five. The others are Home, for standard consumer PCs; Professional, for businesses; Tablet PC, for tablet devices and notebooks; and an embedded version for other devices. Earlier this year, Chairman Bill Gates said that selling customized versions of Windows, as requested by nine states pursuing the antitrust case against Microsoft, would confuse customers.
Microsoft unveiled Freestyle, which promised to unlock the operating system's digital media features via a remote control and new user interface, during the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
Read the entire story here. Hmmm after the console market they seem to be going to take over the home entertainment market...
Source: News.com
