Lumenlab shoves PC inside 42-inch 1080p display, calls it Q

There's all-in-one PCs, and then there's the Q. This behemoth sports a unique identity crisis, as it attempts to pose as an aluminum-framed HDTV while featuring a full-fledged computer within. Nevertheless, the 42-inch Q packs a 1080p panel, compatibility with the Lumenlab's own Hotwire PnP powerline networking technology, a fanless design, 1TB of HDD storage, 2GB of RAM and an Intel Core Duo processor. Unfortunately, details beyond that are fairly slim, but we should get a better idea of specifications and pricing when its ship date draws closer.

[Thanks, Scott]

[allens555 @ Oct 16th 2007 2:11AM]

And they are environmentally friendly!! :)

[john romero iv @ Oct 16th 2007 2:18AM]

iphone knockoff

[kevan @ Oct 17th 2007 12:16PM]

hahahaha...nice

[Paul @ Oct 16th 2007 2:22AM]

This is pretty impressive

[jamesjr @ Oct 16th 2007 2:35AM]

This is exactly what Apple should come up with.. A 42" touchscreen imac with Apple TV built in:)

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[Matt @ Oct 16th 2007 2:34AM]

With such a screen it'd better sport a wirless keyboard, unless you want your nose right in the middle of this 42-incher !

Seems to me it's rather ought to sit in front of the sofa rather than on a desk. Expect a 4 figures price ^_^

[scott @ Oct 16th 2007 2:43AM]

Um... yes, I typically do expect a four figure price when buying a decent HDTV.

[Matt @ Oct 16th 2007 3:14AM]

Yeah, but I tend to avoid those who start with a 3+ (-:

[Galnes @ Oct 16th 2007 3:17AM]

I hope this isn't the first time you've seen something like this...
This is very common in Norway. QP Vision launched their first LCD with built-in Media Center PC like 5 years ago...

[daliminator2000 @ Oct 16th 2007 3:43AM]

Holy crap.

...I wish I could afford one.

[Evan @ Oct 16th 2007 8:45AM]

So, we'll just throw away a 42 inch screens when the PC becomes obsolete in two years.

[steve.bruno @ Oct 16th 2007 6:10PM]

"Futureproof and built to last. All of the Q's™ components are industrial quality and upgradable, so your Q™ is never 'obsolete'. With a total system MTBF of 60,000 hours, you can use it 4 hours a day for the next 41 years."

[Kenneth Lawson @ Oct 16th 2007 9:53AM]

This cool in theory, Only problem is, what if you need to work on it, replace a hard drive or worst yet a motherboard, not to mention hook up a printer or scanner?

[Loki @ Oct 16th 2007 12:01PM]

This is the kind of all-in-one i would consider buying. I mean, you really dont have to worry about how thick the thing is when you spread the hardware out over that big of a space. They should have an expansion area, where you can just keep popping in more hard drives. I'm sure there's more room for it. 1TB is going to be too small in a couple years.

[01 @ Oct 16th 2007 7:18PM]

I figure the electric bill alone is going to kill you...

[Larry @ Oct 17th 2007 11:58AM]

But will it blend?

[Nick @ Oct 18th 2007 9:06AM]

Haha...Good One Larry..Thanks for the laugh...

[jayrickel @ Oct 17th 2007 12:23PM]

It looks cool but i doubt many people will buy it. It is like one of those TV's with dvd/videotape, if one thing breaks, the whole unit goes to shit.

[Kevin Martin O'Boyle @ Oct 17th 2007 12:48PM]

I think the idea is right on; Particularly if it is bundled with some TiVOish software (I know there's a linux project out there but I've forgotten the name). Hopefully it's a Linux box and not windows; I agree with whomever made the comment about AppleTV. As much as I like the idea of this the industrial design sucks; An OS X display (multi-touch or no) with front row and WiFi built in would be sweet.

[Paul B @ Oct 17th 2007 12:44PM]

It would be sweet with a PS3 built in with a media center linux distro installed....mmmm....

[thorbergdt @ Oct 17th 2007 12:38PM]

A few more years as computers get smaller and smaller there won't be TV's without the PC inside!

[TreeDude @ Oct 18th 2007 11:50PM]

The thing with this is that hardware can be used to make the TV scale low res images much better than a standard HDTV. That is something I would be interested in.

[Ericjoh @ Oct 18th 2007 2:43PM]

They're probably going to want to sell it to more than three people so it probably won't have a Linsux or Crapple OS. IMHO.

[jr0515 @ Oct 17th 2007 7:40PM]

You are hilarious.