Microsoft employees try out new technology at home

Seattle PI | at | by Mike

Whenever Hakan Olsson gets tired of watching the 108-inch screen in his home theater, he can press pause on a hand-held device -- the one that combines the functions of eight different remotes -- and head upstairs to view the show on any of four other televisoins around his Kirkland home.

His Windows Media Center PC, equipped with dual high-definition tuners, sends the video over his home network and remembers where he stopped, letting him easily resume watching in another room.