The Inquirer (whose Charlie Demerjian was just lovely about the time I maybe sort of made fun of him for checking out the Daisy Dukes at E3) spotted lots of good stuff at CES, including this Shuttle XPC in a set-top form factor. One-upping most smaller Media Center PCs is the ability to upgrade the graphics card (although most larger boxes can do this just fine), meaning this slim little media crate could probably output World of Warcraft to your 102-inch plasma of the future just fine.
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/e3-floor-team-booth-babes-016151.php
Demerjian also reports that Intel will be releasing a barebones Media Center PC of their own, although it will likely be sold to ‘authorized buyers’ only through distributer s such as TNH and Synnex, so it may not make a huge splash—that’s probably good, considering how many customers of theirs Intel will be biting by entering their new market.
Shuttle XPC Pentium M video player pictured [TheInquirer]
Intel to launch complete Media Center systems [TheInquirer]
