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

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe coupled with a mini-itx board, a fancy case, and a cider-press to
make
it nice and thin....



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch


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> 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
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> >
> > Drool!
> >
> > 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?)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- 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
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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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