Okoro's BX100 and BX300 HTPCs pack HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive

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]

[Ismael @ Jun 7th 2007 12:35PM]

Price doesnt look too bad if you'd ask me. Nice specs but no cablecard support huh?

[M Burke @ Jun 7th 2007 1:24PM]

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.

[Stumpy25 @ Jun 7th 2007 1:48PM]

...but no cablecard support....

[palehorse @ Jun 10th 2007 11:56AM]

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?!