2008-09-29, 11:59 PM
Rumour has it in the next release we might expect the following:
1. Support for an accelerometer so if you shake or kick you HTPC it will randomly shuffle your music. (Sound familiar?)
2. Intelligent scheduling. Looks at you viewing habits, and considers the alignment of the planets and stars to accurately predict the programs you want to watch in the future, including obviously all repeat-repeats of the Simpsons, and the Mythbusters.
3. Speech recognition remote function. If you can yell over the volume of the commercials the word "mute" the program will mute the output. Similary the command "What is this crap?" will initiate a IMDB look-up and tell you all the details about the program you are watching.
Note: The preceding are currently unconfirmed, but remember you heard it here first.
Please add to this thread your most outlandish speculations.
1. Support for an accelerometer so if you shake or kick you HTPC it will randomly shuffle your music. (Sound familiar?)
2. Intelligent scheduling. Looks at you viewing habits, and considers the alignment of the planets and stars to accurately predict the programs you want to watch in the future, including obviously all repeat-repeats of the Simpsons, and the Mythbusters.
3. Speech recognition remote function. If you can yell over the volume of the commercials the word "mute" the program will mute the output. Similary the command "What is this crap?" will initiate a IMDB look-up and tell you all the details about the program you are watching.
Note: The preceding are currently unconfirmed, but remember you heard it here first.
Please add to this thread your most outlandish speculations.

Core2-E2180, 1G RAM, 1Gb-5450 Silent, 2Tb +300g HDDs.
Three tuners: [SIZE=2][SIZE=1]Twinhan DVB-T x 1, Hauppauge Nova 500T (dual) [/SIZE][/SIZE]
DTB Digital SD + HD content (PAL-MPEG2-AC3).
Custom case made very quiet. Zalman CPU cooler.
Sits in rack with other HiFi.
ParaLED to show tuner activity.
Display: 42" 1920x1080p Panasonic Plasma
1x wired MVP
1x PC client
[URL="http://web.aanet.com.au/media/"]
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Three tuners: [SIZE=2][SIZE=1]Twinhan DVB-T x 1, Hauppauge Nova 500T (dual) [/SIZE][/SIZE]
DTB Digital SD + HD content (PAL-MPEG2-AC3).
Custom case made very quiet. Zalman CPU cooler.
Sits in rack with other HiFi.
ParaLED to show tuner activity.
Display: 42" 1920x1080p Panasonic Plasma
1x wired MVP
1x PC client
[URL="http://web.aanet.com.au/media/"]
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