Monday, November 22, 2004
PC World: "Get Media Savvy"
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 08:06 PM
"Carlos Perez knows a thing or two about high tech. The 37-year-old developer in Germantown, Maryland, purchased a Gateway ADC-320 Connected DVD player a month ago, hoping to use its wireless capability to stream video and audio from his PC to his living room. The promise was tantalizing: His PC would serve as a media database, feeding music and movies to his other home electronics. Like other so-called media adapters, the Connected DVD player hooks up to stereos and TVs using standard cables, then pulls digital media off a host PC's hard drive over a wireless network. For Perez, building a bridge between his living room electronics and a growing collection of PC-based digital media made sense."
This article talks about the struggles that consumers, even techno-savvy ones, go through when it comes to getting their media from one device to another. The article is worth the read as it covers the current options on the market, including the new Microsoft Plays For Sure campaign. I spent most of last week in Redmond, learning about Microsoft's digital media products and initiatives, and they've got their act together more than any other company in this space. Not everything they're doing is perfect (and I told them so), but by and large, the platform they're building is going to make life easier for consumers.
This article talks about the struggles that consumers, even techno-savvy ones, go through when it comes to getting their media from one device to another. The article is worth the read as it covers the current options on the market, including the new Microsoft Plays For Sure campaign. I spent most of last week in Redmond, learning about Microsoft's digital media products and initiatives, and they've got their act together more than any other company in this space. Not everything they're doing is perfect (and I told them so), but by and large, the platform they're building is going to make life easier for consumers.
