Vista Media Center update for HP's MediaSmart HDTVs now available

[HDTV News Poster]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/mediapcs/" rel="tag">Media PCs</a></p><a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01377902&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3369894&dlc=en&lang=en#c01377902_ts7"><img vspace="4" hspace="16" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/04/1.3.07.mediasmart_slc4778n.jpg" alt="" /></a>Owners of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/hp">HP</a>'s older <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/mediasmart/">MediaSmart</a> HDTVs, your sometime is now as Chris Lanier reports the company's posted the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/09/27/microsoft-hp-add-media-center-extender-functionality-to-mediasm/">long-awaited</a> <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/03/hp-intros-sl4282n-sl4782n-connected-hdtvs-updates-media-center/">Vista Media Center Extender update</a>. The <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/03/hp-leaves-dlp-out-of-2007-ces-lineup/">SL4278N and SL4778N</a> model TVs should prompt for the update automatically if they're connected to the internet, and afterwards connect to your fully patched Vista Home Premium or Ultimate edition machine and access your Media Center library (DivX, Xvid, h.264, MPEG-2 and WMV of course), live TV, recorded TV or other features directly through the TV. Check out HP's support page for a full walkthrough on the process and keep your Windows Media Center remote close by.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2008/04/16/1591325.aspx">Chris Lanier</a>, <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080417a.html?mtxs=rss-corp-news">HP press release</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01377902&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3369894&dlc=en&lang=en#c01377902_ts7>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/vista-media-center-update-for-hps-mediasmart-hdtvs-now-availabl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1170009/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/vista-media-center-update-for-hps-mediasmart-hdtvs-now-availabl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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