Despite being the first mass-market brand to champion the concept of the media center PC, Hewlett Packard has abandoned the category.
CE Pro: HP Exits Media Center Business, Drops DEC Line
HP is pulling out of the Digital Entertainment Center (DEC) business. The company that pioneered the living-room form factor for Media Center Edition (MCE) PCs has decided to drop the line.
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.
Just what our industry needs, another proprietary platform!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
HP dumps the media centers
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