Microsoft and Thomson have reached an agreement to develop a broadband and home network-enabled version of the MSN TV Internet receiver, the companies announced.
“The product will be available through major retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Amazon.com and others beginning in October at a $199 suggested retail. It will ship with a wireless keyboard and remote control.
The unit will be equipped with an Ethernet port for either wired or wireless in-home networking solutions. Among the capabilities of the new system will be the ability to link to a home PC to stream digital music, video and digital image files from a remote PC’s hard drive to a home entertainment system connected to the MSN TV device.
The terminal will directly stream video and audio programming from the Internet for playback on a home TV or entertainment center, but it is said to have only limited built-in downloading and storage capabilities to prevent vulnerability to virus attacks and to keep unit pricing affordable.”
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