March 22, 2008

Microsoft And Onkyo Partner Up, Look To Invade Your Living Room

Looks like Microsoft is making a move for your living room. Microsoft and Onkyo, maker of high-quality AV products, announced yesterday that they will enter into an intellectual property collaboration giving each company access to the other's patents. The company's hope this will foster innovation in audio-visual home entertainment. What could we expect from this? Most likely Microsoft software integrated into Onkyo's hardware, the obvious answer. A Microsoft interface for Onkyo hardware setup? We'll have to see as the press release linked to below is pretty vague.

Onkyo also entered into the Microsoft Windows Rally program giving Onkyo access to "Microsoft technology, streamlined licensing, and technical guidance for effortless, security-enhanced and reliable connectivity between devices and PCs". Looks like Onkyo is getting ready for the web TV revolution.

Via PRNewswire