Inteset's Vana VA6420-Si media extender system gets Blu-ray

Back when the format war was still a-brewin', Inteset saw fit to offer up Blu-ray / HD DVD combo drives on its media PCs. Now that said war is behind us, the firm is plugging Blu-ray drives into its Vana VA6420-Si media extender system. The device, which can also be used in standalone form, enables users to bring content from varying locales within the domicile to a central home entertainment center, and aside from the 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB of RAM and GeForce 8400GT graphics card, you'll also find 7.1-channel audio outputs, a slew of video ports including HDCP-compliant DVI / HDMI and even an option for a CableCARD tuner. Unfortunately, we've no idea how pricey this rig will be, but with specs like that, we can't imagine it being cheap.

[Via eHomeUpgrade]

[aeo @ Mar 14th 2008 11:07AM]

I'm still not buying cuz I think Betamax is going to make a comeback.

[MaGiXX @ Mar 14th 2008 11:20AM]

Thats a really small keyboard, whoever made the poster/promo for that thing should get fired for the horrible proportions.

[Rynth @ Mar 14th 2008 12:24PM]

Or a really big remote?

[Fired? @ Mar 14th 2008 1:35PM]

Fired? Really? Must be nice to be perfect.

[brokenkeyboard @ Mar 14th 2008 3:16PM]

what about how large the computer itself is? a cd-drive nearly as big as a keyboard? come on!

someone really needs to put one of those "actual size" stickers on this ad.

[ScareyJ @ Mar 14th 2008 11:33AM]

Since its an extender designed to sit on the TV, I'd rather a small compact keyboard that can be left on the coffee table without taking up too much real estate. For my desk, I'll take the surfboard sized ones :)

[Dan @ Mar 14th 2008 11:46AM]

Will it play doom?

[Dan @ Mar 14th 2008 11:47AM]

Will it paly Doom?

[Dan @ Mar 14th 2008 11:48AM]

^ and has it got a spell checker?!

[prototype @ Mar 14th 2008 11:58AM]

^ It's because your using that tiny keyboard!

[Jeremy K. @ Mar 14th 2008 12:19PM]

Wow, what's the deal with the 8400GT? Most systems recommend at least an 8500GT for decoding Blu-Ray video. It would be hilarious if this system can't even display Blu-Ray smoothly.

[IsleOfMan @ Mar 14th 2008 12:27PM]

Reason being 8500GT and higher have hardware AVC decoding... ATI cards starting with the low-end 2400 and newer 3450 series do the same hardware AVC decoding, so it surprises me to see an Nvidia card in an HTPC at all, much less one w/out hardware AVC decoding.

[IsleOfMan @ Mar 14th 2008 12:30PM]

Also, the ATI cards have their own sound decoder on-board, so theoretically they can output high-res (TrueHD or DTS-Master decoded to 7.1 LPCM) audio over HDMI even though no software allows this yet. All the Nvidia cards with HDMI or that support audio over DVI-HDMI adapters use a SPDIF input to mux audio in before output... this limits their audio output to 2ch LPCM or 5.1/6.1 Dolby/DTS.

[Jeremy K. @ Mar 14th 2008 1:15PM]

Thanks for the explanation dude, but I was asking why did Intset chose to but an 8400 in the machine when it's probably not sufficient to decode Blu-Ray video.

[HuBa @ Mar 14th 2008 12:53PM]

This compact keyboard is what I was looking for so long! What is the exact product name of it? I have to buy one.

[crho85 @ Mar 14th 2008 3:07PM]

according to my measurements, the keyboard above is 2.75" by 1.5"

[penguendedektif @ Mar 14th 2008 4:29PM]

Didn't anyone notice the ugliness of the notebook dvd-drive?
Couldn't they at least install a slot-loading one?