
That's what CE Pro is suggesting. After
questioning Intel's underwhelming initiative, they have now
softened their stance offered an alternate perspective and given us some food for thought on why
Viiv might actually be worthwhile. Chief among those reasons is
transcoding. For example, your second-gen Viiv equipped PC should come with the capability to stream
any type of media to an Xbox 360, without any workarounds or extensions.
We'll wait until we see a Viiv PC with more useful capabilities, although this jibes with rumors we heard earlier about streaming functionality
not coming alive until Viiv 2.0.