McPerson's 37-inch I-TV does it all... or nothing

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]

[murray @ Nov 8th 2007 7:18PM]

So it's a monitor with a computer built-in?

Stroke of genius.

[Tachikomatic @ Nov 8th 2007 9:33PM]

iMac...

[insertAlias @ Nov 8th 2007 10:52PM]

@Tachikomatic
I'm fairly certain that Apple doesn't make a 37" iMac. Although...that would be kinda neat.

[Schurm82 @ Nov 8th 2007 11:14PM]

@ insertAlias 3 20" Imacs side by side. Beats this POS by 10"

[insertAlias @ Nov 9th 2007 12:12AM]

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.

[gjp303 @ Nov 8th 2007 7:21PM]

If your going to do it all, then make it a 50+ inch Tv. Then we'll talk. $8000 = 37 inch tv?

[David @ Nov 8th 2007 7:36PM]

I have three of these - they're grrrrrreat! I highly recommend this product!

[Jeremy K. @ Nov 8th 2007 7:40PM]

O RLY?

[David @ Nov 8th 2007 8:55PM]

Yeah - I'll even sell you one for the low low price of $8000...anyone interested?

[e @ Nov 8th 2007 7:57PM]

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!?

[Jonathan B. @ Nov 8th 2007 8:13PM]

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" ...

[jimmyfinch @ Nov 8th 2007 8:38PM]

I would rather pick the kid with leg braces and the extra 21st chromosome.

BTW the laser mouse was 2 posts previous.

[Darin Key @ Nov 8th 2007 9:09PM]

Horrible name.

[Wells @ Nov 8th 2007 9:15PM]

Don't you mean 47th chromosome?

[Mattd00d @ Nov 9th 2007 12:16AM]

I love you guys too.

[Jamar @ Nov 9th 2007 5:12AM]

"capable of running OS X"
It could be incompetence... or it could be an effort to drag OSx86 into the mainstream.

[Joe Maki @ Nov 9th 2007 8:16AM]

No, they just wan tot tap into the huge apple fanboy market :)

[Jamar @ Nov 9th 2007 8:58AM]

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).

[Jlep @ Nov 9th 2007 5:46AM]

it's called trisomy 21 for a reason

[Evan @ Nov 9th 2007 8:54AM]

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.