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<p>Please excuse brevity and pistakes as this email was composed on an Android smartphone.</p>
<p>Thanks and best regards<br>
Richard Morton</p>
<p>On Jan 11, 2012 12:50 PM, "Ronald Frazier" <<a href="mailto:ron@ronfrazier.net">ron@ronfrazier.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Ryan Patterson <<a href="mailto:ryan.goat@gmail.com">ryan.goat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > But he did respond in a thread that is explicitly discussing "Ubuntu<br>
> > TV", which is designed to run on. . . TV's. Also very important, HTPC<br>
> > means "Home Theater Personal Computer". That implies that the visual<br>
> > interface for the HTPC is a large theater like screen. Maybe even a<br>
> > TV that you usually sit ten+ feet away from. The counter-top device<br>
> > that sits in the kitchen that he later described is not a HTPC.<br>
><br>
> Lets say in your house, you've got 3 pretty much identical computer.<br>
> All 3 have the same processor, same memory, same graphics card. All 3<br>
> have a digital TV capture card hooked up to your cable or antenna. The<br>
> all run the exact same software, with a user interface that is<br>
> designed around viewing and managing TV recordings and video files.<br>
> One of these computers is in your living room hooked up to a 60" TV.<br>
> One of them is in your bedroom hooked up to a 24" TV. And one of them<br>
> is in your kitchen hooked up to a 24" touchscreen monitor. So which<br>
> ones are considered HTPCs and which ones are not? All 3 are used for<br>
> the same purpose.<br>
><br>
> Sorry, but the term HTPC has expanded beyond what you think of. </p>
<p>Along time ago this strict definition was expanded like you day. How many home theatres do you have in a mansion? 1? By inference of multiple front ends myth tv is designed to be used in other rooms...</p>
<p>Touch interface for a kitchenis a great and many other htpc systems support touch.</p>
<p>If<br>
> it's a general purpose computer that is configured around the idea of<br>
> media playback being its primary purpose, that's pretty much an HTPC.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Ron Frazier<br>
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