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They have the right idea, but these have to be under a $1000 to take
off. Anyone know what video format they record in?

>From the website:

<quote>
Bring home the home entertainment with HP's new Digital Entertainment
Center! This sleek, black, brushed-aluminum device houses control of
your TV, music, movies, and photos under one "roof", with a design that
blends with your home theater equipment. You get loads of storage space
plus dual TV tuners!


· Put everything at your fingertips-a single remote control gives
you instant access to TV, DVD movies, home videos, music, photos, and
FM radio through Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

· Enjoy speed and performance with the 3.0GHz Intel® Pentium® 4
processor 530 with HT Technology

· Connect your TV or projector through DVI, Component Video, VGA,
S-Video, or Composite Video

· Pause, replay, and record TV from cable, digital cable, digital
satellite, or over-the-air TV with a high-performance digital encoder
and the personal video recorder (PVR)

· Record up to two TV channels simultaneously and watch one
prerecorded show using the two NTSC TV tuners

· Find and record your must-see TV shows with the complimentary
lifetime subscription to the electronic program guide (EPG), allowing
you to capture single episodes and entire series

· Create your own media library by recording TV shows, home videos,
and music on space-saving DVDs with the double-layer DVD±R/RW
multimedia drive

· Store hours of recorded TV with the internal 200GB hard drive plus
storage space with the included HP Personal Media Drive for expansion
to 360GB

· Watch your favorite DVD movies and download new ones

· Get digital or analog surround sound through your A/V receiver plus
Intel High Definition Audio with 7.1 surround sound

· Make your own CDs by searching for music by title, artist, or album
with Apple® iTunes-it's like having a jukebox in your living room

· Transfer photos from your camera to your digital entertainment
center using the 9-in-1 digital media card reader; then show them as a
slide show on your TV with the included infrared remote control

· Watch recorded TV in one room while listening to music in
another-without having to transfer files or connect peripherals-by
streaming multimedia content from the HP Digital Entertainment Center
to any TV or stereo via the HP Media Center Extender (sold separately)
</quote>
 

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wow, that does look cool, and yes $1000 for an entertainment system is about
right level to start selling in quantity, but give it a year and they will
be less than that, and more features too.

AnthonyR

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They have the right idea, but these have to be under a $1000 to take
off. Anyone know what video format they record in?

>From the website:

<quote>
Bring home the home entertainment with HP's new Digital Entertainment
Center! This sleek, black, brushed-aluminum device houses control of
your TV, music, movies, and photos under one "roof", with a design that
blends with your home theater equipment. You get loads of storage space
plus dual TV tuners!


· Put everything at your fingertips-a single remote control gives
you instant access to TV, DVD movies, home videos, music, photos, and
FM radio through Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

· Enjoy speed and performance with the 3.0GHz Intel® Pentium® 4
processor 530 with HT Technology

· Connect your TV or projector through DVI, Component Video, VGA,
S-Video, or Composite Video

· Pause, replay, and record TV from cable, digital cable, digital
satellite, or over-the-air TV with a high-performance digital encoder
and the personal video recorder (PVR)

· Record up to two TV channels simultaneously and watch one
prerecorded show using the two NTSC TV tuners

· Find and record your must-see TV shows with the complimentary
lifetime subscription to the electronic program guide (EPG), allowing
you to capture single episodes and entire series

· Create your own media library by recording TV shows, home videos,
and music on space-saving DVDs with the double-layer DVD±R/RW
multimedia drive

· Store hours of recorded TV with the internal 200GB hard drive plus
storage space with the included HP Personal Media Drive for expansion
to 360GB

· Watch your favorite DVD movies and download new ones

· Get digital or analog surround sound through your A/V receiver plus
Intel High Definition Audio with 7.1 surround sound

· Make your own CDs by searching for music by title, artist, or album
with Apple® iTunes-it's like having a jukebox in your living room

· Transfer photos from your camera to your digital entertainment
center using the 9-in-1 digital media card reader; then show them as a
slide show on your TV with the included infrared remote control

· Watch recorded TV in one room while listening to music in
another-without having to transfer files or connect peripherals-by
streaming multimedia content from the HP Digital Entertainment Center
to any TV or stereo via the HP Media Center Extender (sold separately)
</quote>