[opendtv] Acer CEO: Digital home up for grabs
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 04:29:33 -0400
Acer CEO: Digital home up for grabs
By Winston Chai
Special to CNET News.com
Story last modified June 3, 2004, 4:53 PM PDT
TAIPEI, Taiwan--The battle for future living room supremacy between
PC makers and consumer electronics companies is far from being
decided, says Stan Shih.
In his keynote address at the Computex trade show here this week, the
chairman and CEO of Asian computer giant Acer highlighted the ongoing
debate over whether the television or PC will emerge victorious as
the nerve center for future digital entertainment.
Computer makers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and software behemoth
Microsoft envision the PC--with its ability to handle video
recording, movie streaming, wireless transmission of music and other
tasks--to be the central console for the digital home. Not to be
outdone, consumer electronics companies such as Sony are adding
connectivity options and hard-disk-based digital recording features
to their next-generation TVs.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1041-5226120.html
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