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On Tuesday, Gateway announced its own branded DVD player that will also serve as a front end for playing back media files stored on a user's PC.

Gateway's "Connected DVD Player" represents another stab at distributing media files around the home, such as Tivo's to share media files, known as the Tivo Home Media Option, or Microsoft's plan to enable sharing among PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition.

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