HP fills out its media PCs
C|Net | at | by Mike
Hewlett-Packard on Monday bulked up its line of Media Center PCs, adding two new models with more storage capacity and beefier graphics. The new HP PCs run Windows XP Media Center Edition, a hybrid of Microsoft's flagship operating system. In related news, sources said Microsoft is readying a new version of its software, code-named Harmony, for release later this year.
Windows Media Center adds to Windows a second interface for accessing digital media features, such as music, photos and DVD movies. Consumers also can watch and record TV programs to the computer hard drive using digital video recording (DVR) features that are similar to those found in systems from TiVo and other companies.