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Don’t Like What’s on TV? This Set Will Find Something on the PC
The NY Times ^ | August 24, 2006 | JOHN BIGGS

Posted on 08/24/2006 8:55:37 PM PDT by summer



Hewlett-Packard’s latest high-definition TV has a few tricks up its sleeve. The MediaSmart looks like a standard 37-inch liquid-crystal-display set, but is actually a multimedia hub with wireless connectivity for streaming videos and photos from a PC...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: computer; hp; tv
I bet all television sets will someday be like this...
1 posted on 08/24/2006 8:55:38 PM PDT by summer
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To: ComputerGuy

FYI.


2 posted on 08/24/2006 8:56:27 PM PDT by summer
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To: summer

Connects to a Windows PC? Streams video and photos from a PC - nothing new here.


3 posted on 08/24/2006 8:59:22 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Hi definition tv's are all like this now? I don't think so.


4 posted on 08/24/2006 9:06:19 PM PDT by summer
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To: stainlessbanner

But maybe I'm wrong!


5 posted on 08/24/2006 9:06:51 PM PDT by summer
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To: stainlessbanner

SO where are the wireless integrated hi definition TV's? I think you are confusing DVI and VGA hookups for what this TV can do.


6 posted on 08/24/2006 9:09:35 PM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: summer

You arent wrong.


7 posted on 08/24/2006 9:10:04 PM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: summer

My HDTV LCD TV looks like that. Has a HDMI connection on the back to hook up to a PC.


8 posted on 08/24/2006 9:11:24 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: aft_lizard; summer
Wireless connection is convenient, but I don't see anything special here. Still need a PC to pull media from.

What am I missing?

9 posted on 08/24/2006 9:19:42 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: summer
And make coffee or get a beer out of the refrigerator too.
10 posted on 08/24/2006 9:21:55 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: summer
Mine does it...Sharp 26 inch LCD HDTV Monitor/TV (brag posting)


11 posted on 08/24/2006 11:29:26 PM PDT by Dallas59 (ISLAMOFASCISM!!!!)
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To: Dallas59; summer
On the other extreme:

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

12 posted on 08/25/2006 6:09:57 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: summer

bump


13 posted on 08/25/2006 7:36:05 AM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: stainlessbanner
Connects to a Windows PC? Streams video and photos from a PC - nothing new here.

Cool, more ways to get a Blue Screen of Death.

14 posted on 08/25/2006 7:37:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I was just reading about a new linux-based home appliance: the Glaucus. never used one, but the idea is cool.

"The Glaucus multipurpose appliance from Digital Glu combines home automation features, multimedia storage, Internet firewall/router, content filtering, and other tasks within a single compact, lightweight device. It's based on a 1 GHz Via Eden processor and the Linux Appliance Software of Point Clark Networks as well as PCN's Device Manager and Device Web Services network infrastructure products, which provide edge-device services including entertainment distribution, content filter updates, system monitoring, dynamic DNS, and more."

15 posted on 08/25/2006 7:44:55 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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