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post #1 of 9
9/9/06 at 8:31am
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Anyone remember Intel's Viiv? Thoughts on an Intel Viiv-powered Media Server "Cube"?

http://www.intel.com/viiv/

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/12/29.5.shtml

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/...04233043.shtml
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post #2 of 9
9/9/06 at 9:31am
viiv is nothing special which is why it's so forgettable. I think Apple will roll their own Media Centre based off of System on a chip designs.
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post #3 of 9
9/10/06 at 2:43pm
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viiv is nothing special which is why it's so forgettable. I think Apple will roll their own Media Centre based off of System on a chip designs.


But who's making the chip? DreamBox uses PPC. I would think Apple would not go back. Especially now.
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post #4 of 9
9/10/06 at 7:19pm
You can cover most multimedia needs via a Broadcom BCM7411 chip that's used in Blu-Ray and HD DVD players. You still need a CPU of some sort.
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post #5 of 9
9/11/06 at 6:49pm
I am betting on the Sigma SMP8634, although it seems perpetually delayed. And people who are hoping for a $150 AirPort Express HD will probably be mightily disappointed
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post #6 of 9
9/12/06 at 5:29pm
This thread is looking pretty prescient right now.
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post #7 of 9
9/12/06 at 5:48pm
I'm pretty sure viiv was a windows technology only.

Besides it was ultimately just a flashly marketing name, anyone could make a computer that does viiv stuff they wanted to.
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post #8 of 9
5/28/09 at 11:03am
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I'm pretty sure viiv was a windows technology only.

Besides it was ultimately just a flashly marketing name, anyone could make a computer that does viiv stuff they wanted to.

It wasn't a Windows technology, but it was a marketing name applied to groups of chips that assure a certain set of minimum capabilities for media center / home theater computers.

edit: it turns out a spammer had resurrected this thread today and I didn't notice the original date stamps. I nuked him/her and now all is well, except for this post responding to a three year old statement.
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post #9 of 9
5/28/09 at 1:03pm
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It wasn't a Windows technology, but it was a marketing name applied to groups of chips that assure a certain set of minimum capabilities for media center / home theater computers.

edit: it turns out a spammer had resurrected this thread today and I didn't notice the original date stamps. I nuked him/her and now all is well, except for this post responding to a three year old statement.

Yeah whatsup with Necrobumping spam bots? I've noticed this trend now ..hiding their porn/spam in otherwise legit threads.

This was a blast from the past...2009 and Viiv is still as murky a marketing scheme as it was in 2006
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