AMD: PC soon to become your one-stop entertainment solution
It sure seems like the end to all things big and complicated. Looks like your entire day-to-day life could be plugged into something as small as your thumb. So the world at your fingertips concept might not just remain some wise guy’s statement you see. It’s entirely possible. Well, with the newly introduced solutions by California based chip maker AMD, your idiot box is soon to go straight out the window, as all that it offers could be availed just by gluing up to your PC. The ATI TV Wonder 600 USB, a thumb-sized device, can bring HDTV and DVR capabilities to your computer. The package includes a slim credit-card-sized IR remote control, A/V input adapter for video capture from a camcorder or VCR, and user-friendly Catalyst Media Center Software. As if that’s not good enough, it also introduced the easy to install TV Wonder 650 Combo PCIe, a combo tuner that can capture both locally-available over-the-air and cable programming, including HDTV where available. The computer sure is on its way to becoming the one-stop solution to all things. It gave you everything from news to music, networking to counseling, information to everything that you could think of, and now with it offering you everything that your idiot box can, looks like it would soon become as much a must-have as that generator you have in your home. (NiRa)