AMD today introduced the AMD LIVE notebook PC, an easy-to-use mobile media center designed to help consumers simplify their digital lifestyle.
AMD today introduced the AMD LIVE notebook PC, an easy-to-use mobile media center designed to help consumers simplify and enjoy their digital lifestyle. AMD also announced the AMD LIVE Home Cinema and AMD LIVE Home Media Server, two new consumer electronics platform designs, as well as additions to the AMD LIVE Entertainment Suite.
Meeting the needs of today's consumers, the popular AMD LIVE solution helps them access their digital media virtually anytime, anywhere, regardless of file format or device form factor. With the latest solution additions, consumers have more ways to enjoy entertainment at home and on the go.
The AMD LIVE notebook PC powered by AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile
technology packs the same powerful media center features into the notebook, as the popular AMD LIVE desktop PC. Access to digital media outside the home, plus the ability to manage content or schedule TV program recordings remotely with the AMD LIVE Entertainment Suite, allows users to take their media and enjoy the benefits wherever they may go.
AMD LIVE PC customers can easily enjoy PC content such as Web-based videos and digital photos on their TV with a new active-TV PC feature, providing greater choice and interactivity in entertainment. Using common software tools such as Flash and HTML, consumers can aggregate content into a personal TV-web "channel" and stream it to the TV via active-TV-enabled set-top boxes from manufacturers such as Avtrex, Futarque, and Worldsat. AMD LIVE PCs powered by AMD dual-core technology are ideal for supporting this feature, leveraging the second processor core to format and deliver the TV-web content.
Joe Menard, Corporate Vice President of AMD's Consumer Business, said, "The AMD LIVE family of products and software provides a truly unique media solution to meet a range of consumer needs, from basic multimedia users to savvy audio visual enthusiasts. With our innovative technology, open and flexible platforms, and diverse ecosystem of industry partners, the AMD LIVE solution takes digital media to an entirely new experience level."
The AMD LIVE Home Cinema is a state-of-the-art home entertainment system that consolidates audio visual devices and related remote controls into a simple, all-in-one "living room" solution. Powered by energy-efficient AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors, it is claimed to enable an immersive theater-quality media experience with high-definition video, integrated 100 watt per channel surround sound audio, and Internet capability in a sleek CE form factor.