• pcs

    Intel Holds $1M Design Contest for Coolest Living Room PC

    When it comes to living room PCs, you can't top the Mac Mini. At least that's what Intel thinks, which is why they're dishing out $1m to the person who can design a living room-worthy Viiv Core 2 Duo-based PC that tops Apple's angel. Seven of the semifinalists have been chosen and can be seen/voted on before a winner is announced next month. More »
    03/22/07
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  • home entertainment

    Acer Viiv TV: World's First, Who Cares?

    Acer's super catchy AT3705-MGW 37-inch HD-ready LCD TV is the world's first Viiv-certified television, guaranteeing "compatibility of networked media devices with Intel Viiv technology-based PCs." We think what the certification actually entails is the Acer's ability to playback digitally copyrighted/networked files (DTCP-IP). More »
    12/03/06
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  • pcs

    Maingear Prisma Entertainment PC: Just Another Pretty Face

    Add mystical pyramid power to your home theater with the Maingear Prisma Entertainment PC, a uniquely-shaped Viiv media center with unremarkable innards. Built on an ATX motherboard, you can goose it up with a dual-core Intel 3.2GHz Pentium D 940 processor, and you can opt to install two standard-definition TV tuners and an HDTV tuner as well. More »
    08/16/06
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    Comment by Solon: here in Brazil, we're no strangers to pyramids in home entertainment, since that's the shape of one of the most... more » | Other threads

  • home entertainment

    BenQ DMP300 Digital Media Player For Viiv

    There are a few ways to stream video from your computer to your TV. Among them are the Windows Media Center + Extender way and the wireless media streaming way. Add to these the DMP300 Digital Media Player way for Viiv. More »
    06/05/06
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  • pcs

    Tango Cocktail CK-5201 Mini PC Has Viiv Inside

    Korean company SungJu International put together a competitor for the Mac mini, its Tango Cocktail CK-5201 Mini PC Viiv with an Intel Core Duo T20300 processor inside running at 1.66 GHz. It looks like it's just slightly larger than a Mac mini, and has a gigabyte of RAM inside as well as DVI and S-Video out. Equipped with a DVD burner, three USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth and FireWire, this Windows Media Center PC only has one weakness, and that s its Intel 945GT video chipset, fine for HDTV but not much of a game player. Either way, we're attracted to its striking good looks. More »
    03/17/06
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  • portable media

    Rumors: Origami Just a Glorified Media Player with Nasty DRM?

    In the comments for yesterday's Origami revealed post, strangeweather said: More »
    03/08/06
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    Comment by skierpage: I keep saying, the competition for Origami, and Viiiv, and video iPod, and MSoft Media Center Restricted Home Gizmo Iteration... more » | Other threads

  • home entertainment

    Viiv Off to a Slow Start

    One wag at the Mercury News makes some interesting points on Intel's new Viiv initiative and AMD's AMD Live, two iffy home entertainment standards that appear, even after close scrutiny, to the be product of kicking and flailing by two major chip companies trying to compete with a) game consoles b) set-top digital cable boxes and c) home hobbyists. The real question, it seems, is "Will the average TV-watcher welcome a PC into their home?" and the corollary to that question is "Doesn't the XBox 360/TiVo/PS3 already fill the space where a PC would sit?" More »
    02/27/06
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    By johnb
  • home entertainment

    HiGrade DMS P60 Viiv PC

    The first of the Intel Viiv machines are starting hit the streets, and here s probably the best-looking one yet—the Hi-Grade DMS P60 Viiv PC. This small box runs Windows Media Center and will fit in perfectly in a home theater because it's quiet, yet its Intel Core Duo 1.6GHz processor is fast enough to handle HDTV. This one has a smallish 80-GB hard disk and lots of other accoutrements such as WiFi, Bluetooth, DVI port and gigabit Ethernet. It can either stand on end with the help of its included plastic stand, or lie down flat on its integrated rubber feet. There s something important missing, though, and that s a couple of CableCARD slots. Someday. Included are a remote control and an infrared keyboard, and it should be shipping sometime in March for $1391. More »
    02/15/06
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  • ces

    Live From CES: Intel Thing That Doesn't Work

    At Intel's ViiV showcase there was this... artwork?... that didn't work. Basically those long tubes had glowing orbs inside, and by swinging them around, or rubbing them or something, it's supposed to bring up different videos on the banks of overhead monitors on the periphery of the thing. Some images flickered on every so often, but this works about as well my four-year-old remote control when the batteries are nearly dead. Just another example of the great things that are possible with ViiV. Aw, I still love you, Intel.
    01/05/06
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    By Noah R

    Comment by Chris Cardinal: Um, the things worked fine, if you didn't try to run through them. Take the end of each anal-beads-strand, hold it... more » | Other threads

  • pcs

    Aopen Viiv SFFs

    More CES news from Aopen, which claims that we'll get a peek at the first Intel Viiv small form factor PCs at the big show in Januray. The miniPC runs both Windows and Linux and Viiv machines will probably use both Intel's Pentium and its Yonah notebook processors. Of course, I'm sure there'll be about a kabillion other Viiv products lolling around CES, but I do have a soft spot for these little Aopen PCs. More »
    12/05/05
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    By tgrumet

    Comment by spoggle: Ah, so now Intel has managed to brand a month: Januray, thank God I read Gizmodo and saw it first.... more » | Other threads

  • pcs

    Intel Viiv PCs to Get Entertainment Links

    Intel is planning to launch their upscale Viiv computers will be bundled with entertainment links. Working with film distributors, music publishers, game developers and others, Intel has decided to integrate easy links to all kinds of media to their upcoming line of PCs. Of course, right now only European and Asian companies have actually signed up to provide content including Canal Plus, Japan's Bellrock Media, and Britain's Sky Broadcasting. Pricing and amount of active services will obviously vary in different regions, but it is a start. All Viiv computers will include Intel's top-of-the-line processors, the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system and other audio and video technologies to help these negotiations along. And yes, the first Viiv computers will be shown at CES this January, though they should be available to the rest of us first quarter. More »
    11/30/05
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    By tgrumet
  • entertainment

    Intel Introduces, Confuses Us With VIIV Initiative

    First Sony starts sipping the poppy tea and now Intel is absolutely sure everyone in the world will be able to tell that a home entertainment component is "aimed at making it easier for home consumers to identify PCs geared for recording TV shows or playing music" thanks to the incredible VIIV sticker. More »
    08/24/05
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    By johnb
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