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Coming This Fall: Goodbye Pika, Hello MCX
Author: Michael Wolf, Research Director, Digital Home Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:05:12 EDT
It looks like we may finally be getting some answers to where those missing Pika devices are. For those you who aren't familar with the term, Pika is the v2 of Microsoft's Media Center Extenders, which they played up big at WinHEC 2006. The devices, which are standardized on Sigma's 8622 part, look like they're finally getting close to the market. I have heard that there are three partners in the "network/IT" space that will be coming out with gen-2 Media Center Extenders this fall, and beyond that we will likely see some bigger consumer electronics brands in spring of 2008. This basically means we'll probably see some vendors in the Linksys/D-Link/Netgear space with MCX devices first, possibly HP, and then possibly someone (I would guess Toshiba as a likely candidate) announced at CES. |
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