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Bristol's ViewSurfer Blurs the Line between TV and PC

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We've seen TV tuners added to PCs before -- not the least of which includes AMD/ATI's once immensely popular All-in-Wonder series -- but Bristol takes it a step further and has added a complete PC to a TV for the ultimate hybrid.

The 22-inch and 32-inch ViewSurfer PC/TVs come with a FreeView tuner and an integrated netbook-esque PC complete with an Intel Atom processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, four USB ports, Ethernet, and Windows XP. It also comes with an air mouse and wireless keybaord.

"This is a full digital television set," said Paul Fellows, Brisol Interactive's chief executive officer. "The red button works, and the TV is completely independent of the PC functions. You don't have to be in Windows to watch TV."

Bristol plans to launch the ViewSurfer PCs in October with the 22-inch model priced at less than £500, or about $815 USD. No word yet on how much the 32-inch model will run.

Image Credit: Bristol Interactive

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avatarTHat really is expensive,

THat really is expensive, and the specs are smililar to cheaper priced netbooks!

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avatarTV/PC

We've been using 46" Samsung SyncMaster 460MPn displays for our menu boards at our theaters for a little while now. It's great. We run the PowerPoint shows for our menu pricing during regualr hours, rent out the boards for displaying messages during rentals/special events, and can run shows/games/video footage whenever we like. We use another one to loop film trailers all day long.

I have to say, if the PC's were a little bit better and the unit's were a bit less than a couple of grand each, I'd love to have one of these in my home.

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