Even if this wasn't ridiculously overpriced, this kind of thing is such a waste unless you can use it in a multi-room home theater environment. And you can't. CableCARD only works with Media Center Extenders. And there are none except the 360 which is big and noisy. And does BluRay and HD-DVD work over a MC Extender? Somehow I doubt it.
So this becomes a $9000 media "server" that can only serve itself. The attractive thing about CableCARD HTPCs is multiroom distribution. Without it, WTF is the point? How many Series 3s, PS3s, and HD-DVD players can you buy for $9k?
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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Even if this wasn't ridiculously overpriced, this kind of thing is such a waste unless you can use it in a multi-room home theater environment. And you can't. CableCARD only works with Media Center Extenders. And there are none except the 360 which is big and noisy. And does BluRay and HD-DVD work over a MC Extender? Somehow I doubt it.
So this becomes a $9000 media "server" that can only serve itself. The attractive thing about CableCARD HTPCs is multiroom distribution. Without it, WTF is the point? How many Series 3s, PS3s, and HD-DVD players can you buy for $9k?