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Viiv goes live

Crave Intel marked the UK launch of its 'Viiv' platform, whose final specs were unveiled at CES, with a lavish party at London's Floridita bar last night. Crave was on hand to hear all about it, check out some Viiv devices, and more importantly, test the...

Tags: intel, channel, jonathan, viiv

26 January 2006, 11:17 > More matches in Crave

AMD puts 'Live' up against Intel's Viiv

News AMD's use of the Live designation on PCs is similar to Intel's Viiv strategy. One difference is that Intel will test its Viiv PCs for compatibility with several set-top boxes, download services and music players.

4 January 2006, 9:38 > More matches in News

Acer makes Viiv sexy with smart Idea

Crave It's Intel Viiv compliant, uses the latest dual-core Pentium D CPU and has 1GB of DDR2 memory, so it'll offer strong performance without emitting much noise. Acer invited us to take a gander at its latest wares yesterday, and after tearing...

Tags: acer, hd dvd, dolby digital, media center pc

7 April 2006, 11:37 > More matches in Crave

Dell Inspiron 9400: Viiv in all but name

Crave We've just spent ages trying to figure out the meaning of Intel's Viiv technology, and are now exasperated to learn that Dell has thrown a spanner in the works with its new Inspiron 9400 laptop. It's a Viiv laptop in all but name.

Tags: dell, range, intel, laptop

7 March 2006, 8:00 > More matches in Crave

Intel's Viiv-talking vision for PCs

News Early adopters of PCs based on Intel's Viiv technology are having as much trouble understanding what's so different about their new computers as they are pronouncing the brand name. Viiv (which rhymes with 'jive') is the heart of Intel's vision for...

7 April 2006, 10:26 > More matches in News

Intel's Viiv low on Christmas lists

News And plenty of PCs and software that don't come with a Viiv sticker are capable of running the latest games, storing audio and video files, and playing movies. Intel's Viiv (rhymes with jive) was supposed to make it easy to place a PC at the centre...

15 December 2006, 10:46 > More matches in News

Intel signs up digital content for ViiV PCs

News Intel is working with film distributors, music publishers, videogame developers and other entertainment companies to integrate their offerings into an upcoming line of upscale entertainment PCs branded with the chip giant's ViiV technology.

30 November 2005, 9:04 > More matches in News

Shuttle SD36G5M: DIY Viiv PC

Crave Good news for home entertainment PC freaks -- Shuttle has, somewhat predictably, released a barebones small form-factor PC that's compatible with the Intel Viiv standard. Provided you buy one of these chips alongside a copy of the Windows XP Media...

Tags: shuttle, intel, viiv, intel viiv

28 March 2006, 9:53 > More matches in Crave

Intel hitches movie glamour to Viiv PCs

News Most of the deals are centred around Intel's Viiv (rhymes with 'live') PC platform, which is geared for entertainment. NBC Universal, for instance, said it would deliver highlights of the upcoming Winter Olympics to Viiv PCs in high resolution.

6 January 2006, 9:29 > More matches in News

Windows Media Center (Viiv) PCs

Reviews The Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) operating system is a great OS. It provides all the functions of Windows XP Professional Edition, and gives you a dedicated multimedia interface that provides instant and easy access to audio, video, images...

28 July 2006, 14:10 > More matches in Reviews

Acer Aspire iDea: Viiv la revolution

Crave Back in April we brought you news of what we thought was the sexiest Media Center PC ever, the Acer Aspire iDea. Back then we could only fondle it under the watchful gaze of Acer's product managers, but we recently managed to sneak one into our...

Tags: acer, ports, intel, output

23 June 2006, 11:22 > More matches in Crave

Intel simplifies entertainment PCs with new brand

News Intel, happy with its success launching the Centrino brand for laptops, on Wednesday introduced a new brand called VIIV for entertainment PCs. Intel wants to use VIIV -- it rhymes with 'strive' -- to reassure consumers that their PCs can easily...

25 August 2005, 8:36 > More matches in News

Acer Aspire iDea 500 review

Reviews Intel promised a lot with its Viiv multimedia PC concept, but very few of the PCs that use the platform have delivered. The Aspire iDea 500 is among the most exciting Viiv prospects we've seen, incorporating all the components that make Viiv...

Editor's rating   9.1

Tags: acer, silver, section, ports

13 July 2006, 12:54 > More matches in Reviews

Round-up: PCs and laptops at CES

Crave Among the biggest news was Intel's move to reveal the exact specifications for PCs using its new Viiv (rhymes with 'jive') system, but not to be outdone, AMD launched its own rival (and rhyming) platform, known as Live.

Tags: intel, core, inch, dell

9 January 2006, 11:47 > More matches in Crave

Photos: HP's new HD DVD gear

News The m7600n comes with Intel's Core 2 Duo processor and is labelled with Intel's Viiv sticker, meaning it will be able to send audio and video files to Viiv-certified networking devices once those are more prevalent.

29 September 2006, 10:07 > More matches in News