News.com reports that AOL is expected to announce a deal with Intel this week to offer downloadable movies, television shows, and music for Viiv PC users. And according to early reports, you'll be able to watch the videos on any screen you like, unlike current editions of Apple's iTunes 7 and Amazon's Unbox. Snip:
Under the deal, AOL will let owners of Viiv PCs, an entertainment PC platform designed and promoted by Intel, to download episodes of "Welcome Back Kotter" and studio movies to the PCs, according to sources close to the companies. These consumers can then watch these movies on plasma TVs or LCD TVs. Consumers will also be able to download music, sources said. (…) Under the AOL-Intel deal, any screen works.
Previously:
– Amazon Unbox to customers: Eat shit and die
Reader comment: Bryan Hurley says,
Just some constructive clarification thoughts.
The ViiV PC is meant to be a media hub for the home, and connected to a Plasma TV or LCD TV already, running Windows XP Media Center as part of the ViiV definition.
Therefore they can claim it will play on those displays. If you have iTunes or Amazon's service on your ViiV system setup like that then of course you can display those on those same output devices.
Unless they say you can transfer it to another device or burn to DVD there is no difference because it is just how it is hooked up to your display.
