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Bangalore , May 18

LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd expects desktop sales to exceed two lakh during the current year, and this business to contribute about 11 per cent of its expected revenues of Rs 9,000 crore during the year.

The company launched a high-end range of consumer desktop, the XPC, in the market here on Wednesday. "The XPC is part of our move to bring cutting edge technology products to the Indian market and is targeted at the discerning and technology conscious customers," said Mr Manikandan, General Manager, Sales and Marketing - IT Products, LGEIL.

The XPC model launched includes fully loaded configurations based on Intel and AMD processors and also comes with the latest Microsoft Media Center Edition (MCE) Operating System, designed to provide a true blend of computing and entertainment, according to the company. In combination with MCE OS and the high-end processors such as Intel's LGA775 / AMD's Athlon64, XPC offers leading edge features such as high speed processing, access to media storage with remote, personal video recording and multi-function.

The XPC as a PC-cum-entertainment centre at home, allows live recording of TV programmes and has provision for pause, rewind, edit and maintain video library for later viewing. The company has launched the XPC with bundled software on applications and tools along with accessories such as 2.1 and 5.1 stereo speakers to meet various customer requirements.

The XPC range available in four different models is priced between Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000, Mr Manikandan said.

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