Hands-on with Moneual's tubular I*magine HTPC

Somewhere between the budget-minded 301 and the decidedly unaffordable Jewelry PC, Moneual has decided to cater to the mid-range market with an unusually shaped media PC. Showed at CEDIA, the tubular I*magine touted a sweet aluminum chassis, seven-inch touchscreen, 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, a 256MB ATI 2400 PRO GPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 750GB SATA drive, an integrated mic for voice recognition (huzzah!), and a top-loading combo drive to boot. Furthermore, it was packin' a multicard reader, Bluetooth 2.0, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, HDMI, optical / 5.1 analog audio outputs, three USB 2.0 ports, a line-in jack, and a speaker on each end. Additionally, this sucka can actually be mounted upright on a stand (HTPC on a stick, anyone?), and according to Moneual, it should begin shipping to customers in the US "around Thanksgiving" for about two grand.

Hands-on with Moneual's tubular I*magine HTPC

[Forty Four Posted Sep 8th 2007 11:20AM]

Fantastic Four 2 is out? Nice.

[naren Posted Sep 8th 2007 12:03PM]

Actually, that's a pirated copy. Most illegal movies are named in that form for bittorrent downloading, and I actually have that release. The quality is excellent. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2007 11:00AM]

Kidding.... Right ?? That file name has absolutly NOTHING to do with bottom feeding kiddie torrents. The files name originates at the door of the release [group]. These 13 year old torrent kiddies really need to get a grip on reality.

[ablock Posted Sep 8th 2007 12:34PM]

What is the point of a system like this without CableCARD?

[r0fl Posted Sep 8th 2007 12:52PM]

wow it's scene friendly

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 12:53PM]

I almost feel sorry for these guys. If they didn't get a slap on the wrist at the show they are probably being served legal papers as we speak.

[JDM Posted Sep 8th 2007 2:43PM]

Would the people that would buy a $2k+ HTPC be the kind that would be most likely to torrent movies?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 3:46PM]

You'd be surprised.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2007 4:10AM]

Holy Torrent Batman!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 6:16PM]

Can you upgrade the video card?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2007 11:00PM]

WTF how are they allowed to get away with advertising their machine with piracy, and why the hell would they do that? seems a bit f'd up