Thursday, September 15, 2005
Lean, Cheap Media Centers Prove Popular
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
"The vision of a connected digital home has driven much of the product development at PC and processor companies over the last several years. However, the recent uptick in sales of the primary vehicles for a PC-based digital home, Windows XP Media Center PCs, can be attributed to vendors scaling down their products to reach lower prices, raising new questions about whether the PC is the best device to run a home media network. PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition are one of the few areas of growth these days in the traditional desktop PC market. Endpoint Technologies Associates President Roger Kay issued a new forecast for Media Center PC sales on Tuesday, predicting that Media Center PC shipments will double to about 5 million units this year and double again in 2006."
I am not surprised though by this news because MCE really offer people a significantly cheaper solution than buying specific and expensive proprietary devices. It will be interesting to see if a major cable company makes the MCE part of their service. I think that will really boost sales.
I am not surprised though by this news because MCE really offer people a significantly cheaper solution than buying specific and expensive proprietary devices. It will be interesting to see if a major cable company makes the MCE part of their service. I think that will really boost sales.
