Microsoft's Portable Media Centers: a strong monoculture headstart

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Huh? Nobody is buying PMC's.

Who is buying these things? There is no way to easily get content to them. Ie: you can't rip your DVD's. You can't use anything buy WMV on them (hint: most movies on the 'net are MPEG4/DiVX), etc.

I have yet to see ANYONE with one of these abominations. Big, heavy, etc.

With portable DVD players @ ~$200, you can easily keep the kids occupied easily with movies you already own. You can easily play your home movies. You can easily show photo DVD's, etc.

Unlike music, video requires you to actively watch it. With iPods, you can use them every time you are in the car, every time you exercise, when you walk the dog, etc. It's a small package that you can do passively. You wouldn't want video in any of those situations.

Face it, PMC's are DOA and it's just not something people want. The market has already shown that.

Posted by: ITGuy04   Posted on: 05/06/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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