Saturday, January 8, 2005
Michael Gartenberg: "Microsoft Creates Their Own Standalone DVR Platform"
Posted by Filip Norrgard in "NEWS" @ 05:00 PM
"I've been excited about this one since I first heard the news. As part of their digital home efforts, Bill Gates announced as part of his keynote Microsoft is releasing a standalone DVR/DVD-Burner platform to compete with the likes of TiVo. First to market will be a new box from LG later this year. These units will have a look and feel similar to the Media Center PC platform but will not be traditional PCs nor will they be usable for PC tasks such as running Office. They will have the standard Windows EPG and will be able to burn content to DVDs."
Uhh, OK, so the upcoming DVR from Microsoft will not be a PC but something else? :? Sounds to me like the box will be running on Windows CE, just like the Windows Mobile devices are, and thus a bit scaled down from the normal PC. I would also like to see them over at this side of the Atlantic but that will probably not happen since TiVo hasn't exactly invaded Europe yet.
Uhh, OK, so the upcoming DVR from Microsoft will not be a PC but something else? :? Sounds to me like the box will be running on Windows CE, just like the Windows Mobile devices are, and thus a bit scaled down from the normal PC. I would also like to see them over at this side of the Atlantic but that will probably not happen since TiVo hasn't exactly invaded Europe yet.
