CNET: New ‘entertainment’ PCs restrict copying. [via Slashdot: Microsoft/HP to Market Crippled Entertainment PCs] Year to date, the average selling price of retail PCs has been $824, according to NPDTechworld. That is about half the price of the entry-level HP Media Center PC. … Analysts and users see the built-in copy protection as a potential sales killer because it restricts the use of the built-in DVR.
I feel more entertained already.
See also: The Onion: New $5,000 Multimedia Computer System Downloads Real-Time TV Programs, Displays Them On Monitor.
This is incredible,said Wayne Messers, a Huntington Beach, CA, systems analyst who sampled the Presario 6000 last weekend at the National Computer And Electronics Expo in San Diego.I’m watching TV, but there’s a keyboard in front of the screen.Added Messers:
There’s also a disk drive to the left of the screen.
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