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GATEWAY 2000 DIMENSION COMBINATION PC AND TV
Destination is a PC-TV convergence product from Gateway
2000 of North Sioux City, S.D. The key components include the following:
touchpad-equipped wireless keyboard and a wireless Field Mouse, Big
screen VGA monitor, video card containing the MediaStream chipset from
Brooktree Corp., San Diego, Calif., and hi-fi wavetable sound card for
integration with home stereo systems.
VGA display was used because resolution looks best on the big screen
with larger fonts for viewing at a longer distance. The system also
has three PCI bus slots, two ISA and one shared bus slot, as well as
the standard serial and parallel ports.
The system is compatible with consumer electronics components such as
VCRs, stereo systems, and laser disk players. The system can accept
video feeds from cable television systems, traditional antennas or other
video devices. Audio signals from the system can be channeled through
home stereo systems to offer surround sound capability.
To make the system easy to use, Destination comes with Microsoft Windows
95 SmartTV software from Harman Interactive, which includes the electronic
TV Guide that enables users to review and select television programs.
Intercast, Digital Video Disk, and video teleconferencing are among
the emerging technologies Gateway expects the system to support.
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