HCL launches Windows XP Media Center enabled PC

HCL Infosystems has unveiled the BeanStalk Media Center PC for the home segment. Priced at Rs 60,990, the PC runs on the latest Windows XP Media Center Edition. The product comes with a one-year on-site warranty.

The PC comes with a Dyna flat color monitor, built-in TV tuner, combo drive, wireless keyboard and mouse. The product is FM radio enabled and can be used for editing, storing and viewing digital home movies and photos. It comes with a remote, which can be used for viewing photos, TV, DVDs, listening to music and even checking e-mails and switching between media.

Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman and CEO, HCL Insys, says "The Indian user is our prime target and this launch reasserts our commitment to keep in-step with the latest technological innovations worldwide. We have been trying to develop this kind of hardware, but a killer app was awaited. The Media Center Edition will help us reach our customers with best of the breed products."

Ajai feels that the channel will have to be fed about selling beyond solutions and create niches wherever possible. "Education will be the key to reach masses with this product," adds he. 

The company would first sell this product in six metros and later percolate it down to the masses through its Frontline chain of retail stores. Rajiv Kaul, MD, Microsoft India informs, “This product has been designed to emerge as the command center for an array of home entertainment options. In fact, this OS will have multi language support too." According to him, the Windows XP Media Center leverages innovation to provide integrated entertainment experiences to the users. 

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