Gateway Extends Digital Entertainment Throughout the Home
January 07 2004 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Gateway Extends Digital Entertainment Throughout the Home Gateway
Will Give Consumers More Ways to Enjoy Digital Entertainment With
Products Based on Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender
Technology POWAY, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Continuing to deliver products that let consumers enjoy digital
entertainment anywhere in the home, Gateway announced today that it
will support Microsoft's new Windows Media Center Extender
Technology and plans to deliver innovative products based on the
software for the holiday selling season this year. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO ) This
announcement follows Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software
Architect Bill Gates' keynote address at the 2004 International
Consumer Electronics Show, during which Gates stated that Gateway
would develop Windows Media Center Extender products. Also during
the keynote, Gates demonstrated an early version of a Gateway
set-top box utilizing the upcoming software. This technology
demonstration will also be on display in Gateway's booth at the
Pepcom Digital Experience event from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. tonight in
the Mirage Hotel's Grand Ballroom. The new Gateway products using
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender Technology will allow
consumers to enjoy Windows XP Media Center features without the
requirement of a PC in that room. The new set-top box or TV with
Media Center Extender functionality will enable access to digital
entertainment -- such as photos, live and recorded TV, video and
music -- that is stored on a Media Center Edition PC from any room
in the house. Also, this new technology lets consumers have
multiple connections to their PC; while one person in the house is
using the computer in the den or home office, at the same time
another can enjoy digital entertainment stored on the PC from
another room using a Windows Media Center Extender product. "We've
been leading the charge to deliver easy-to-use, full-featured
offerings for the connected home, so we've already seen first-hand
that consumers are excited about products that give them more
flexibility to enjoy digital entertainment," said Matt Milne,
senior vice president of consumer solutions for Gateway. "Our
products based on Microsoft's new Windows Media Center Extender
Technology will enable Media Center users to get more enjoyment and
productivity out of their PCs." "Gateway is already shipping
innovative Media Center Edition PCs, and we are thrilled to work
with the company on the development of a Media Center Extender
product," said Brad Brooks, director of marketing, Windows eHome
division at Microsoft Corp. "This collaboration will allow us to
deliver a solution to consumers that will extend their Media Center
PC experience, giving them improved access to their favorite
digital entertainment regardless of where the PC is located." These
new products expand Gateway's existing connected home product line
and complement the innovative products that have made Gateway the
premier provider of devices for the digital home. Other devices
from Gateway that make it easy for consumers to enjoy digital media
in their homes are the Gateway Connected DVD player, which can
access digital media stores on a PC in another room via a wireless
connection, and the Gateway(R) FMC-901 Home Theater PC, which looks
like a piece of stereo equipment but is actually a full-featured PC
that can act as the hub for digital entertainment in the home.
Additionally, Gateway offers Media Center PCs and other easy-to-use
wireless and wired home networking products. Existing PCs, DVD
players and equipment for the connected home are available now by
calling 800-GATEWAY, on Gateway.com or by ordering them at the 190
Gateway stores located across the U.S. About Gateway Since its
founding in 1985, Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology and
direct-marketing pioneer, using its call centers, web site and
retail network to build direct customer relationships. As it
transforms itself from a leading PC company into a branded
integrator of personalized technology solutions, its range of
Gateway-branded products is expanding to include thin TVs, digital
cameras, tablet PCs, and enterprise products, all of which are
designed to work seamlessly together with the company's
award-winning line of PCs. Gateway is America's second most admired
computer company, according to Fortune magazine(1), and its
products and services received more than 125 awards and honors last
year. Visit http://www.gateway.com/ for more information. Other
product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners. All offers subject to change without
notice or obligation and may not be available through all sales
channels. Prices exclude shipping and handling. Applicable taxes
extra. Gateway Terms and Conditions of Sale apply. 1. Source:
Fortune magazine, March 3, 2003 issue.
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Emard of Gateway, Inc., +1-858-848-3426, Web site:
http://www.gateway.com/
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