HP has expanded its portfolio of digital entertainment products with a new consumer PC category and a broad line up of digital entertainment products and services that aim to fundamentally change the way people connect, access and enjoy high-definition and personal digital content.
Announced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, the offerings include the industry’s first all-in-one touch-screen PC and touch-screen consumer tablet PC based on Microsoft Windows Vista™, HP’s first home media server, nine new high-definition TVs, a Blu-ray disc writer, new digital content delivery services and home automation solutions.
The new HP TouchSmart PC is the industry’s first all-in-one PC based on Microsoft Windows Vista. It provides users with one-touch wireless access to information, communication and entertainment through HP SmartCenter, a new customisable user interface that includes HP SmartCalendar for family calendaring and HP PhotoSmart Touch to manage digital photos.
Featuring a 19-inch HD widescreen with adjustable touch-screen display, Vista remote control and personal video recorder with HD and SD TV programming, the HP TouchSmart PC enables “walk-up computing,” the ability to quickly and easily have touch access to digital content wherever life happens in the home.
HP also introduced the industry’s first consumer tablet PC optimised for Microsoft Windows Vista and on-the-go entertainment. The HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC features a touch-screen display, built-in miniature remote control, HP QuickPlay instant movie viewing feature, karaoke and a screen that swivels 180 degrees and folds flat for working or enjoying movies in tight travel spaces such as airplanes or trains.
HP’s new line of high-definition TVs, home media server and digital content delivery services allows consumers to easily view and share their high-definition content throughout their homes.
The 2007 HP HDTV line-up includes nine new plasma, LCD and MediaSmart TV models, all of which feature an improved Visual Fidelity Engine for enhanced image quality with finer picture detail.
HP MediaSmart TVs merge the PC and the TV with the ability to wirelessly stream digital photos, music and videos from a PC onto a stylish HP high-definition LCD display. The latest models feature 1080p performance and the new HP Entertainment Services Portal, which provides access to a variety of online photo, video and music services with the click of a remote.