PCStats has an article up about a new Intel® Viiv™ capable motherboard. It is a cute little board from ECS based in mATX form factor. Though folks at PCStats seems to just missed the true meaning of Intel® Viiv™, as they seem to just think it's just a typical HTPC which can easily be done. Oh well, I guess it's like when the Intel® Centrino® was conceived, many enthusiasts think in a very narrow way: a chipset, a wireless lan, and the processor. Well, they totally forgot the utmost compatibilty, worry free, stable, and full support from OEM that the branding also provides.Intel might be touting VIIV as the next great thing for home entertainment computers, but the secret behind it is not Earth shattering. What Intel has done is take a smaller Micro ATX based PC, install WindowsXP Media Center on it and put a shiny sticker on the front. It's nothing more than what enthusiast computer users have been quietly doing for quite some time now, aside from the nice sticker of course.
For enthusiasts who want all this Intel-branded multimedia goodness, buying a pre-built VIIV system is like buying a Dell to replace the ol' main rig, it's just not going to happen. Sorry Dell, we build our own PC's here at PCSTATS. Seeing as Intel VIIV components are pretty much "off the shelf", it's dead simple to put together a VIIV system of your own and bust out a custom Home Theatre PC (HTPC).
Source:PCStats
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