HP has stopped stocking retailers with its current line of Media Center PCs, according to IDG News. The news service speculates that the company is clearing its warehouses to make space for new models.

Media Center PCs are computers that allow users to watch and record television shows. The models are equipped with a special version of Windows XP which among things contains a special programming guide. Using special peripheral equipment users can also access the content on their Media Center PCs on the television in a living room.

One analyst told IDG News that his company spotted one of the upcoming models in a retail store in the Boston area. The computer was priced at $1049, much cheaper than earlier models. The high price for Media Center PCs is often pointed at as one of the reasons why the first models showed a rather poor performance in the market.

25 Mar 2005