Jari Ketola
29 Jul 2003 12:44
The desktop PC and home entertainment system are seldom located next to each other, or even in the same room. Yet it would be nice to deliver PC content, such as pictures or music, to the living room. Wireless-B Media Adapter from Linksys sheds some light on what the future might bring.
The adapter connects to the TV and amplifier with standard S-video connector and RCA connectors composite video, and stereo audio. It's powered by Intel XScale PXA250 processor, which is widely used on modern PDAs, and supports common picture formats and playing back digital music files. The connection to the desktop PC is made using either Wi-Fi or standard wired Ethernet. All the content is displayed by accessing simple menus on the TV screen using a remote control.
As the processing power of mobile processors increases, we're bound to see a device with enough torque to compress an MPEG video in real time.
Source:
The Register