We
keep expecting the bottom to fall out of the market for these luxury home-theater PCs, but it just doesn't seem to
happen. In the year since we recoiled at spending $7,500 for the
OnCinema Teatro, more boutique
manufacturers have brought out their wares, with the latest being the UK's Entertainment PC. The company's Fidelity-T
has some impressive features, including an HD tuner, 3GHz P4, storage capacities of up to 2TB and a dual-layer burner.
But $7,400 (that's for the 2TB version; you can get a 300GB version for a mere $5,300)? That's almost double the price
of
VoodooPC's Aria, which we thought was a little dear at $4,000,
and which has most of the same features, plus a touchscreen LCD. Still, we imagine EPC will sell a few of these; and at
that price, they should only need to sell a few to be a fairly successful little company.
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posted Jan 23rd 2006 11:31AM
Looks Promising! anyway I would not mind 2 TB in a media player, and looking at the specs, a simple 6600 Nvidia, 3 GHz P4, ect... (unspecified parts anotherwords) do not justify the price like Alex says...
WOW, just imagine what you can store on 2TB however it is to much for my pocket :(
Yeah, it's too much for any normal person's pocket. This thing is way too pricey, and unfortunately it's exactly what I've been looking for. I'd be willing to send a whole months worth of pay their way, but I wouldn't even be halfway there at this price point. My guess is I'm going to have to wait at least another 2 years before I can spend enough to get a machine like this. Notice I didn't say I'd be able to "afford" it, but my willpower will only last me to the point where a months pay will cover it. I'm anxiously awaiting that moment... the moment when I bring this thing home and lie to my girlfriend about how much I paid.
I need to get in the media box buisness.
I just built a dual proc (amd 2000+mp's) with 500 gigs of raid 5 storage for under a grand ($800) to be exact.
Mark it up 300% and I would be making a fat profit ... Not to mention I wasn't paying volume prices either for parts ....
Why does it look like the illegitimate child between a Nintendo Revolution and a PS2 1st gen system?
Other than that it looks like the face plate is bigger than the body, like its suppose to be inserted in something.
anyway I would not mind 2 TB in a media player, and looking at the specs, a simple 6600 Nvidia, 3 GHz P4, ect... (unspecified parts anotherwords) do not justify the price like Ben says...
Is is just me or does this look a lot like the Revolution?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/MoSW_GunsNRoses/lookalike.jpg
Is this thing made out of platinum? There's no way I'd pay that much for a HTPC... unless it was a HTPC / automoile! Jeebus Cripes...
Im with BEN, u can make a clone of this system, actually a better one for half the price, there some cool media cases with 7in touch screens, which look pretty sweet,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/silverstoneLC18silver.jpg
plus id be tempted to stick in a 150Gb W digital rapator HD same as in the new XPS, not only because it fast, it also see through!! even tho its in a box, i would know it is a cooler one!! stick in another few 400Gb WD discs, bump it near that 2TB Mark
Slap in a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ or even Dual Core FX60.
try that link
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/silverstoneLC18silver.jpg
These are not gadgets and I don't understand why Engadget continues to post ~purportedly~ audiophile quality components so their readers can pi33 all over them.