I think there is a place for both. The problem with using a PC as a set top box is that it can't decode the channels. That market is still controlled by the cable company.
I have a Windows Media Center PC with one tuner, and my DVR Box from my cable company. I have a nice TV, but I don't use it to browse the web, I use it for videos and other things that are built in, however it doesn't replace the desktop for your high school student writing papers, or as a place to balance your checkbook. Set-top boxes will always be specialized, with special software for this purpose, but it is intended to be as you called it to be a entertainment hub, but it doesn't replace the PC. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +1 and what it implies is that, in the future, the "PC" may become > more a hub of entertainment - possibly like the introduction of the > Radio or TV. Neither replaced newspapers but most people bought one > all the same. > > You could take this one step farther and say that, while corporate > users will have a Dell laptop, they, and everybody else, will have an > Apple running their home entertainment systems. > > Put another way, your "the corporate world is where the money is" > statement may prove to be horribly old fashioned thinking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206581 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
