Zalman's HD 160XT HTPC enclosure with 7-inch LCD

If you were into that Okoro OMS-LX100 HTPC we brought you the other day, but don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a machine just to get a snazzy embedded touchscreen, Zalman's got a new enclosure that will let you build your own system for considerably less dough. Sure to be the envy of all your home theater-fanatic buddies, the HD 160XT sports a 7-inch touchscreen for menu control, media information, and even video previewing, along with four open HDD bays, two optical drive slots, a pair of supposedly silent exhaust fans, and of course, the obligatory remote. Available in black or silver, we sure wouldn't mind building a system around this case and displaying it proudly in our gear rack, but unfortunately we have no idea when or where these will be available.

[a @ Jun 15th 2006 5:47PM]

looks weird. like a 286 pc.

[tiuk @ Jun 15th 2006 5:50PM]

Am I the only one that immediately flashed back to 1998?

[Alex @ Jun 15th 2006 5:57PM]

Haha yea, do I see a turbo button?

[chris @ Jun 15th 2006 6:05PM]

imo the Silverstone LC18 HTPC multimedia case looks far nicer, but is around £450 (GBP) i might treat meself :D

[Matt @ Jun 15th 2006 6:08PM]

Wow, that brought back memories of some early Compaq models...

[Benji @ Jun 15th 2006 6:13PM]

This is kinda funny, its so high tech, yet, it looks like it runs Windows for Workgroups 3.11

[Eazy @ Jun 15th 2006 6:21PM]

Nothing special here. Silverstone has had a case like this for years now. Voodoopc has OEM'ed that case and painted it for their computers.

[CM @ Jun 15th 2006 6:38PM]

Commodore SX-64!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64

[Aaron @ Jun 15th 2006 7:44PM]

It looks better when the bottom cover is flipped up. It is down in the picture. Until these things have HDCP and HDMI out, I'll pass. Still think the Pixel Magic MB100 is a better option. Has that device ever been reviewed here? Can't find it with the search.

[bogphanny @ Jun 15th 2006 8:01PM]

engadget 1985 anyone?

[steeef @ Jun 15th 2006 8:02PM]

Aaron's right. Part of the problem is that the case is silver, yet the image Engadget used had lighting issues that made it look beige. If you follow the link, there are better pictures.

[boba-feh @ Jun 15th 2006 8:12PM]

Silverstone makes a similar case with a touchscreen. The silverstone case not only looks better, but has been available for some time:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc18.htm

SOOOO hot.

[Sir.Pinkerton @ Jun 15th 2006 9:04PM]

Word Eazy. Deffinately a rip-off of the Silverstone SST-LC18. Just take a look on Newegg.

[diulei @ Jun 15th 2006 11:05PM]

HAHAHAHAHA.

When I glanced at it, I thought it was a 1980s era computer someone gutted and put modern parts in. Apparently someone is still producing these...wtf are they smoking?

[diulei @ Jun 15th 2006 11:08PM]

I retract my statement. Should have follow the link first...it's not the old school beige but silver. Still ugly though.

['Liam B @ Jun 15th 2006 11:31PM]

compaq had something like this in 1983. this is nothing new
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=547

[Harpz @ Jun 15th 2006 11:53PM]

would look sick in black in a media rack

[Wyrdtoo @ Jun 16th 2006 12:22AM]

These are SO much nicer...

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc18.htm

:D

[Aaron Stein @ Jun 16th 2006 8:28AM]

can anybody say 'osborne 1 computer'? http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html

[schmod @ Jun 16th 2006 8:44AM]

good lord! It's an uglier version of the lisa!


either that, or a piece of pro-grade video gear. I can't quite decide. do they actually expect to sell many/any of these?