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Re: New HP Digital Entertainment Center





On 29/10/2004 at 14:24 ianh1000 wrote:

>Hi All, I don't want to start any more flames over MS media edition
>but thought you may like to see the new HP product that has just been
>announced. This is not an advert as so far as I am aware we are not
>currently going to sell this unit in the UK :-(

Any idea why it's not due in the UK/EU ?


>
>I think it addresses some of the concerns raised in the recent
>discussions
>
>http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2004/declaunch/products.h
>tml
>
>I don't think you have to have the TV screen on to work with music as
>it has a 2 line VFD on the front panel. I personally think it looks
>much more like a CE product than a PC but would be happy to hear your
>opinions.

Looks like a nice unit... reading the specs I noticed a 72rpm disk, I
thought the general advice was to use slower disks so that less heat/noise
was generated... Still a shame that HP also think that the world ends at US
borders.


>If we sell it over here I may well buy one, but then I get discount
>and if you cut me in half I do have "HP" written right
through me.

in which case you can do the bulk buy ;)

Andy





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