Lumenlab's Q42 finally loose for under $4000
By Darren Murph 
posted February 4th 2008 2:10PM
posted February 4th 2008 2:10PM
posted February 4th 2008 2:10PM
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$3850!? Color me intrigued.
not too shabby. Have they designed an interace that can be operated from an armchair with a remote? Or are you expected to pull up close when browsing, doing email, etc? That's always been the challenge for me, to work PC functions on a TV.
Try this:
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/keyboards/m/7412402/
Wireless keyboard and trackpad combo (2.4 gHz RF)
Works with PCs and Macs. I have mine connected to my mac mini that displays on my Aquos. Works great.
Gets me thinking. I can get a $1000 Vizio or similar panel and put a Macbook Air behind it, and I will get all the power I need for TV based computing power without adding bulk. Oh darn... no drive and definitely no Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.
Crapbook Air's onboard graphics will lag on the bloody desktop. Like my celeron 500 lags at 1024x768 on the desktop.
Kurian, what in hell does your shitty CPU have to do w/ any GPU? If you're running a 500mhz Celeron w/ 64mb or RAM in your Compaq, I'm surprised it doesn't lag at 640x480 :/
Oh and MBA's CPU is probably a good 10x faster then yours - not to mention that is has 20x the RAM and a much better GPU - even if it is integrated.
I'm not trying to defend the MBA - I'm a Mac user and I of all people find the Air to be pretty useless.... but your ignorance is just plain annoying.
Wow just...wow!
Um... the shelf life of the TV is over a decade but the useful life of the PC component is less than half that.
You are better off buying a normal TV and plugging a PC into it.
Now if it was touch screen, under 20 inches, ran more as a network PC than a full-blown system, and cost under $1K, I'd be interested in one for my kitchen.
Exactly my point of sticking a separate computer behind a TV
Tempting, but I think I'll stick with a larger TV and a PS3.
And the LumenLab staff are still crooks who will deliver sub-par products, blame suppliers, and run off with the money without ever providing the quality performing product that they promised. Yeah, 4 grand is easier to toss away, but whether its 10 grand or 4 grand, it's still money down the drain (or money in a lying arrogant prick's pocket, as the case may be).
... but is it running windows Vista?
So Kurian you want the best and fastest computer today so that 5 years from now you will effectively have the equivalent of your Celeron 500 stuck in it?
Also your Celeron 500 is not driving the graphics, it's your graphics card.
I am running an old ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 with a whopping 32MB memory that is driving a native 1400x1050 and external 1680x1050 for programming and documents just fine. It also works just fine for DVDs on a single screen. I am sure the Intel GMA X3100 in the Macbook Air can do an adequate job with a single 1920x1080 panel.
That is unless you are playing games, in which case you are better off getting a proper gaming rig or console.
So basically it's a bigger iMac with 7.1 Surround Sound and Blu-ray. Sounds good to me.
Yes except you glanced over the best part; it really isn't an iMac and as such doesn't run a feline derived OS.
Plus if it were and Apple product, it would cost more, have fewer features and you could only get it in one color.
Ouch, that smarts.
Guys, you might really be interested in a very similar product launched in Germany: have a look at altera-media.de
They sell Mac minis beautifully hidden in NEC-Displays. Though their website is pretty unfinished at the moment, I´ve already seen finished 46"ers and they´re just plain beautiful.
Yeah, kinda nichy I think. Probably great for the tradeshow crowd, but for the home user it still probably makes more sense to have a separate media PC.
Some anti-Apple folks reading these comments :) This ranking system is becoming an indicator of whose fan-boys will read certain articles more. It was good initially when people really ranked idiotic comments down, and something with a valid thought process higher.