James Fee
07-12-2004, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000499.php' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000499.php</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>That’s right, if you can’t bring the Media Center PC into the living room, then just buy a plasma display with Media Center-like functionality built in. That’s what <a href="http://www.vivadi.com/">Vivadi</a>, a start-up company based in Swindon UK, is trying to do. Vivadi has designed and developed a fully integrated 46-inch Plasma TV that combines a Media Gateway DVD recorder, Personal Video Recorder, and Music Server together with a powerful Dolby surround sound system creating what they call the "world’s first fully integrated, convergence home cinema TV." They also claim that the system can be upgraded and "future-proof," but really? I mean, you shell out more money to upgrade, which makes it sometimes cheaper to just replace the whole thing. Anyways, the <a href="http://www.vivadi.com/products.html">Vivadi Saturn and Venus Plasma TVs</a> will be available in the U.K. this Fall -- U.S. market availability TBD.</i>"<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/vivadi_saturn.jpg" /> <br /><br />With features such as DVD+RW recorder, USB and Firewire, Music Server (MP3 and WMA) as well as internet access, this could be the perfect way to get is all. Now I just need to clear off my credit cards and make room. :shocked!: