Re: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can get 8" LCD touch screens from ebay that run at 1024 x 768 for
around
£190 ... I was thinking of these for DVDLobby - possibly.

But it would be like using a tethered controller.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch


>
> Drool!
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> It's very nice, but I was think of something larger still - something
with
a
> display around the size of one of those spiral-bound notepads (8"
screen?)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:33 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK
Launch
>
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> >
> > Would something like this count as "a little bigger than a
PDA" ??
> >
> > http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39162961,00.htm
> >
> > The hx4700's main attraction is its brilliant 4in. 65,536-colour
VGA TFT
> > display that boasts a 640-by-480-pixel resolution. Translation?
It
> > produces sharp and crisp images for a better viewing experience.
You can
> > also switch between portrait and landscape mode, thanks to the
inclusion
> > of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition...
> >
> > I've put one of these on my xmas list....
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andy@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 28 October 2004 11:41
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition
2005 - UK
> > Launch
> > >
> > > >
> > > > A Media Center PC would no doubt have both.  Throw in
some other HA
> > > > devices and you have a right mish-mash of interfaces. 
What I would
> > like
> > > is
> > > > a unified front end that ideally would run on something
a bit bigger
> > > than a
> > > > PDA (but a PDA would have to do for now, I suppose). 
The xPL stuff
> > is
> > > > heading that way, but it's going to be a while before
it's at the
> > stage
> > > of
> > > > being as polished as Xlobby.
> > >
> > > I'm no hardware know-it-all, so I'm not aware of a device a
little
> > bigger
> > > than a PDA.  However, to have a unified front end, you need
a GUI with
> > a
> > > flexible back end.  Xlobby does do this (on a PC screen and
a PDA
> > screen),
> > > and can interface with almost anything.  There's nothing
that will
> > just
> > > work though.  It will require some work to get it right.  Of
course,
> > if
> > > everything is xAP/xPL, you should be able to plug'n'play,
especially
> > with
> > > the xAP interface in the pipeline for Xlobby.
> > >
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