Comments on: Intel Viiv is like Centrino for Home Theater http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/ Huge iPhone, iPad, and web geek. Selfish, Obsessive, and Easily Distracted. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh’s Rule of Naming » TinyScreenfuls.com http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-7252 Josh’s Rule of Naming » TinyScreenfuls.com Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:16:58 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/#comment-7252 [...] Another example (just to pick on my employer a little bit! ) is Intel’s “Viiv” technology. Almost invariably, when you see it written, it’s immediately followed by the text (”sounds like five”) or some other clue as to how to pronounce the word. And I often have to spell it out (”vee aye aye vee”) when I’m talking to someone about it. Nevermind the fact that most people don’t quite know what it means, anyway… Viiv breaks the rule, too. [...] [...] Another example (just to pick on my employer a little bit! ) is Intel’s “Viiv” technology. Almost invariably, when you see it written, it’s immediately followed by the text (”sounds like five”) or some other clue as to how to pronounce the word. And I often have to spell it out (”vee aye aye vee”) when I’m talking to someone about it. Nevermind the fact that most people don’t quite know what it means, anyway… Viiv breaks the rule, too. [...]

]]> By: Josh Bancroft http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Josh Bancroft Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:35:29 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/#comment-830 Centrino was not a chipset. It was the combination of the 855 chipset, the Pentium M processor, and the Intel 2200 wireless card. Remove any one of these three (for example, order a Dell laptop with the Dell wireless card instead of the Intel card), and it won't be called Centrino, and won't come with the little blue and magenta Centrino sticker. It is definitely a platform. As far as Viiv being able to "protect content as it moves around the home", to me, that's more a function of the software and OS rather than the hardware, though the hardware can make it easier. Bottom line, the "content protection" aspect of Viiv is marketspeak, IMO. Centrino was not a chipset. It was the combination of the 855 chipset, the Pentium M processor, and the Intel 2200 wireless card. Remove any one of these three (for example, order a Dell laptop with the Dell wireless card instead of the Intel card), and it won’t be called Centrino, and won’t come with the little blue and magenta Centrino sticker. It is definitely a platform.

As far as Viiv being able to “protect content as it moves around the home”, to me, that’s more a function of the software and OS rather than the hardware, though the hardware can make it easier. Bottom line, the “content protection” aspect of Viiv is marketspeak, IMO.

]]> By: actually... http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-828 actually... Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:37:33 +0000 http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2006/01/intel-viiv-is-like-centrino-for-home-theater/#comment-828 I would disagree with you on both counts. Centrino was a chipset, but Viiv isn't just about chips, it's also a standard for protecting content so it can be moved around the home. That's why it is truly a "platform" where Centrino was not. I would disagree with you on both counts. Centrino was a chipset, but Viiv isn’t just about chips, it’s also a standard for protecting content so it can be moved around the home. That’s why it is truly a “platform” where Centrino was not.

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