We caught a
glimpse of
Altec Lansing's iMV712 audio / video
iPod superdock during
CES, but they haven't been available until today. Looking like the unholy love child of the ubiquitous
iM3 and a portable DVD player, Altec's new top-of-the-line speaker dock sports an 8.5-inch "high-resolution" LCD, a universal iPod dock, a remote control, a "stage" for non-iPod MP3 players, and two 3-inch drivers backed up by a 4-inch subwoofer. While that screen seems a little superfluous -- it doesn't show
cover art or anything during audio playback and we're not quite certain where you'd watch movies on it (kitchens? prison cells?) -- at $350 this bad boy's a no-brainer over, say, the
iPod Hi-Fi.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
larry mcsandals @ May 2nd 2007 11:19PM
well if your going for speakers im sure youd go for something better and its only an 8.5 inch screen, its not really practical seeing as people dont carry boomboxes on thier sholders (anymore) so youd be better off with some speakers or a 2x" screen for about the same price...
but it would be cool if it ran off batterys and people would carry these on their sholders, but somehow the riaa/mpaa would sue.
Homeboy @ May 2nd 2007 11:58PM
If this HiFi can't run on battery then it is a very pointless product.
coprock @ May 3rd 2007 1:44PM
4" subwoofer? We know what you mean, however it is bass driver. Ludicrous to use the term subwoofer, suggesting its bottom end drops to 20 or 30hz.