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HP, world’s leading digital solutions provider, has announced that its HP MediaSmart Connect, a digital receiver will now be available for pre-order. Designed to bring digital media from around the home or the Internet, this receiver is truly a revolutionary product.

“HP MediaSmart Connect is an ideal complement to any HDTV,” said Carlos Montalvo, vice president of marketing and services, Connected Entertainment Business, HP. “Consumers can use it to enjoy videos, music and photos – once trapped on PCs – on their big-screen HDTVs. Show and tell has never been more fun.”

With HP MediaSmart, you can take advantage of Extender for Windows Media Center technology that offers an additional set of features using PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate operating system. HP MediaSmart is capable of connecting to other UPnP and DLNA compliant devices. It also supports audio and image formats like MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, XVID, WMV-HD, MP3 and WMA.

HP MediaSmart Connect Receiver is available for pre-ordering from Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Newegg.com and CircuitCity.com at a suggested retail price of $ 349.00. With it you also get a learning remote control and a HDMI cable.

Via: Press