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Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Beach — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:28:55 -0000

and wht about linux, MYTHTV has some nice features in it, im starting to convert my HOME into a linux LAN Mythbox, one box to record all my shows, share out media. COST = NOTHING.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Aaron — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:03:40 -0000

"It wont replace the AppleTV…"

Of course not.

Someone would have to actually buy the AppleTV before it can replaced.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

cenourinha — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:34:16 -0000

It wont replace the AppleTV...

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

James — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:31:46 -0000

"Rob MS loves to compete with companies on products it never thought of….
Google has a search engine, we need a search engine…
Apple has an ipod, we need an ipod….
Sony has a playstation, we need a playstation…
AOL has a portal, we need a portal (MSN)….
Palm has a portable OS, we need a portable OS (Windows Mobile)…
Apple sells online music, we need to sell online music….
Is there no end to the list?
They may not be innovative, but they are the richest copycats on earth.

Interesting. None of the companies you mentioned above invented the product they made popular.

Where's Apple's surface computer? They make a piss poor rip off of Windows Mobile that you can't even run your own code on, ripping off a little corner of Microsoft Surface Computer's multitouch, which was developed 4 years ago. Are you going to hold them to the same standard you hold Microsoft to?

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Steve O'Hear (editor) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:09:13 -0000

@Bill

You are completely correct that none of those companies invented their product category. If you look at innovation vs invention, in the tech industry it's often about who is able to innovate in terms of bringing said product to market. iPod for example, is a lovely product, and in some ways was better than other digital music players before it, but also was marketed very differently -- based on simple features and "1,000 songs in your pocket" -- coupled with the elegant iTunes jukebox/store.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Bill — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:02:56 -0000

Rob, don't be a maroon.

Google didn't think of web searches. They came late to the game, beat out by Yahoo and several others, some of whom aren't even around any more.

Apple certainly didn't come up with the concept of an MP3 player. Others were first.

Sony was decades after the original game consoles were released.

AOL was far from the first portal.

Apple was again a Johny-come-lately with the online music thing.

In every single example you give, the originators are not the ones who dominate the field. It's someone else who came along and did it better.

Oh, and even if you were correct in your examples, you fail miserably here. MS inovated the media center concept, and they continue to dominate the field. Apple is playing catch up here, and doing a very poor job of it.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Rob — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:13:49 -0000

MS loves to compete with companies on products it never thought of....

Google has a search engine, we need a search engine...
Apple has an ipod, we need an ipod....
Sony has a playstation, we need a playstation...
AOL has a portal, we need a portal (MSN)....
Palm has a portable OS, we need a portable OS (Windows Mobile)...
Apple sells online music, we need to sell online music....

Is there no end to the list?
They may not be innovative, but they are the richest copycats on earth.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Aaron — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:10:43 -0000

"By adding media extender capabilities (PC to TV), the platform begins to encroach on consumer devices like the AppleTV. "

Heh, Microsoft has been selling "PC to TV" extenders for several years now. The V1 MCE extenders went on the market like three years ago. And of course the Xbox 360, which is superior to the AppleTV in almost every way, went on sale about a year and a half before AppleTV. It has MCE "PC to TV" extender functionality built in for both MCE and non-MCE based machines.

Funny how Apple comes late to the game with an under performing poorly-selling product and it somehow still gets the used as a market identifier.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

DFF — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:47:34 -0000

Looks good, Microsoft is better than Apple in many ways, how every they come up with their stuff.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Carl — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:41:39 -0000

Looks good. Hopefully they can update the xbox 360 to act as a Mediaroom too.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

brilo — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:50:52 -0000

Integration my friends. I'll take one part x-box, one part pc, and one part media room for one glorious version of entire home television/dvd's/net clips/pics/music from one source.....ahh grand. Oh yeah, and it won't be a shitty colored white box that is overpriced and limited.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

din — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:25:52 -0000

thanks zomb. im sick of this looooooseerrrrsss!!! apple and its tiny limited functionality.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

zomb — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:16:53 -0000

Comon dude. Give it a break. When its Microsoft, its buggy. When its Apple.. WOW! Do you think it makes you on the top of the world to say Microsoft sucks? We all know it but dude.. come to earth.

Re: Microsoft rebrands its IPTV plaftorm, adds PC to TV functionality

Eliena Andrews — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:20:32 -0000

Yet another buggy micorsoft application, welcome to this app. thanks for sharing this news