Okoro's BX100 and BX300 HTPCs pack HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 7th 2007 11:47AM
posted Jun 7th 2007 11:47AM
Okoro Media Systems has been Blu-ray savvy for some time now, but apparently it's looking to bring the peace with a dual-format combo drive in its BX series of HTPCs. The BX100 resides in a fairly slim 4.13-inch tall enclosure and includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 350-watt power supply, optional seven-inch touchscreen, your choice of operating system and media center software, 500GB of hard drive space, NVIDIA's 256MB 8500 GT graphics card, a total of three TV tuners, and a smorgasbord of ports including PS/2, FireWire, serial, optical / coaxial digital audio outputs, two DVI ports, VGA, component, S-Video, composite, Ethernet, and four USB 2.0 connectors. The beefier BX300 steps up to a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU, 1TB of storage spanning two 500GB drives, NVIDIA's 256MB GeForce 8600 GTS graphics card, and a 7.1-channel sound card. Both systems look to be available as we speak with a built-in HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive, and while the BX100 can be yours for $2,995, the base BX300 will run you an extra $600.[Via PCJoint]
...but no cablecard support....
Price doesnt look too bad if you'd ask me. Nice specs but no cablecard support huh?
Yeah, without cable card support this is just an overpriced PC with basic PVR functionality... believe me, I built one and its gathering dust in the new realm of broadcast flags and HDMI.
who the hell would actually pay for a HTPC that doesn't have cablecard support?! who do they expect to market these to... family members?!