There's a select group of red flags that appear when a product is, or is dangerously close to becoming, vaporware, and we've seen just about all of 'em when looking at McPerson's I-TV. Apparently, this so-called
do-it-all LCD TV first appeared last year, but now it sports a different look and a flashy website that will make you wish your speakers were inoperative. The set supposedly functions as a home automation controller, DVR, DVD player and Media Center PC, and just in case you doubted its prowess, this thing is somehow Viiv-certified
and able to run OS X. Specs wise, you'll find a 37-inch 1080p panel, dual 40-watt speakers (um, right), 7.1-channel audio out, built-in WiFi / Bluetooth, gigabit Ethernet and a slew of ports. Considering McPerson threw nearly everything in here save for the proverbial kitchen sink, it's not all that shocking to find a £3,924.49 ($8,235) pricetag
floating around the intarweb, and if anyone has any actual proof that this thing exists, feel free to dash our doubts in comments.
[Thanks, Giorgio]
posted Nov 8th 2007 6:57PM
So it's a monitor with a computer built-in?
Stroke of genius.
iMac...
@Tachikomatic
I'm fairly certain that Apple doesn't make a 37" iMac. Although...that would be kinda neat.
@ insertAlias 3 20" Imacs side by side. Beats this POS by 10"
Well since you went that route, 3 24" iMacs would do even better and be cheaper as well. Wasn't defending the product. The concept is nice, but...it just has FAIL written all over it.
If your going to do it all, then make it a 50+ inch Tv. Then we'll talk. $8000 = 37 inch tv?
I have three of these - they're grrrrrreat! I highly recommend this product!
O RLY?
Yeah - I'll even sell you one for the low low price of $8000...anyone interested?
so, buy an 50in lcd, and fix a mac mini to the back? This is one of those cases where its cheaper to go with apple!
Where am I!?
I just like the fact that they didn't forget on the specs page the required (and probably needed) "Specifications subject to change without notice" ...
I would rather pick the kid with leg braces and the extra 21st chromosome.
BTW the laser mouse was 2 posts previous.
Horrible name.
Don't you mean 47th chromosome?
I love you guys too.
"capable of running OS X"
It could be incompetence... or it could be an effort to drag OSx86 into the mainstream.
No, they just wan tot tap into the huge apple fanboy market :)
No, the real fanboys know (believe, rather) that OS X only runs on real Apple stuff. It's got to be appealing to those who want OS X but don't like Apple computers (myself- I think they're too fragile; I use a Panasonic instead).
it's called trisomy 21 for a reason
It's already out-of-date, because the disk player is DVD and not one of the high-definition formats.
That's the problem with all-in-one televisions. A good television will outlast the media format and several generations of the computer hardware built into an all-in-one system. Even if upgrading is an option, the difficulty of upgrading negates the convience of putting it all in one box.