Lian Li masters PC chassis marketing, gets our attention with T1 'Spider' video

It's a well known fact ('round these parts, anyway) that Lian Li is one of the more creative PC chassis manufacturers on the planet, but who knew the company responsible for crafting a case in the likeness of Dubai's own Burj Al Arab had a top-notch marketing staff, too? In the video past the break, the company's innovative new open-air Mini-ITX benchmarking case is revealed to the world, and while the device itself is a fantastic creation, it's the pitch that really sells it. Essentially, the highly flexible T1 Pitstop "Spider" is made for hosting smaller systems for limited amounts of time, making it easier to test and benchmark a litany of systems without having to crack open a traditional case with each setup. We're still trying to determine whether or not Lian Li truly expects to build and sell this thing, but whatever the case, the clip awaiting you below is totally worth a watch.

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[NAME Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:30PM]

This is why youtube will be the downfall of society... ever loser gets to showcase crap and waste bandwidth..

[kris120890 Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:34PM]

@NAME
But it okay for you to do the same-thing.

[7egend Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:23PM]

@NAME

or something else, and die.

[Khalid Shahin Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:32PM]

Why?

[Eugene Action Posted Feb 10th 2010 8:44PM]

@Khalid Shahin

I swear I've seen these before, in so 80's movie... please help me remember, tell me I wasn't dreaming...

[formetopoopon Posted Feb 11th 2010 2:55AM]

@Khalid Shahin "Why?" Because this is clearly a challenge to Tom Selleck. The robot spiders haven't forgotten how he treated them in the film "Runaway".

[Blackstar Posted Feb 11th 2010 10:53AM]

@Eugene Action

You're thinking of 'Runnaway' staring Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/

Spiders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_8KKe0i5xA

[Eugene Action Posted Feb 11th 2010 1:53PM]

@Blackstar

ty
ty
ty

this movie gave me nightmares for 5 years...

[vladik1980 Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:38PM]

I never expected engadget to display such bullshit on the front page. This invention belongs in the gutter!

[bazookafx3 Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:35PM]

@vladik1980 Need I remind you what happened last time we started talking like that? http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/were-turning-comments-off-for-a-bit/

[vladik1980 Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:44PM]

I wonder if there was a Chinese person per each string.

[cdf74dc9 Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:48PM]

That's a commercial? What a joke. That thing is ugly anyway.

[Zavrion Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:50PM]

@cdf74dc9

You can tell how serious a commercials based how visible the marionette's strings are.

/sarcasm

[collindow Posted Feb 10th 2010 3:59PM]

I want a full-sized version of that case. It's so COOL.

[Eternity Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:06PM]

I for one appreciate the creative route these guys have taken to present this product.

[loocas Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:16PM]

Oh, c'mon! They could have screwed the lame strings and we could have provided the cool CGI! ;)

Other than the lame strings, a pretty cool looking chasis. :)

[7egend Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:26PM]

I noticed this thing lives off the same staple that the people who manufacture it live off of.

[JBerg Posted Feb 10th 2010 4:39PM]

I want to buy this and put a low-level spotlight on it just to freak the hell out of my family if they ever walk into my man cave.

[Nightwheel Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:10PM]

Them are some nice zip-tie fangs!

[crazyhamsterfeet Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:18PM]

It looks like a Replicator from Stargate SG1. Geek thought of the day.

[iamlilysdad Posted Feb 11th 2010 1:20AM]

@crazyhamsterfeet +1

[Modred189 Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:18PM]

RUN!. Get the P-90s, the replicators are on Earth!

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:30PM]

@Modred189 LOL

[kyleb2112 Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:33PM]

Didn't this thing try to kill Will Smith in a very bad movie?

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Feb 10th 2010 5:33PM]

I have been a fan of Lian-Li products since I bought a PC-60 case back in 2000-2001. I have been putting together the pieces for a Mini-ITX project for a while now. Hopefully I can find one of these somewhere...

[ray k Posted Feb 10th 2010 7:27PM]

inb4 antec skeleton

[Post Insanity Posted Feb 11th 2010 1:08AM]

Does anyone else but me realize that a spider has 8 legs, not 4?
Either way i think that its pretty darn creative at the Lian-Li end, may it even be cheaper than the Antec Skeleton.

[formetopoopon Posted Feb 11th 2010 2:57AM]

THAT CAT HAD NO FREAKING TAIL!!!!