Okoro's GX series HTPCs ship with SSD, USB 3.0, Core i7 and... an iPad?
By Darren Murph 
posted July 8th 2010 7:06AM
posted July 8th 2010 7:06AM
Okoro Media Ships iPads with Media Center PCs for Multi-Room Music Control
Rosemont, IL (PRWEB) July 6, 2010 – New 2010 OMS Media PCs ship with Apple iPads for full music playback control in different rooms throughout the home.
Okoro Media Systems™, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high-end, audio/video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the updated 2010 GX Series Media Servers. The new GX series now ships with solid state drives, USB 3.0, next generation 6Gb/s SATA drives and Apple's iPad device for multi-zone audio control.
With its multi-zone audio control, GX digital entertainment systems can play back internet radio, music stored on the unit, or on an iPod in multiple rooms. It can also perform muti-zone audio functions while simultaneously recording 4 HD programs or playing Blu-ray movies in another room in digital 7.1 True-HD Audio.
Below are features available with the new 2010 GX line of OMS Digital Entertainment Systems:
• Brushed Aluminum Marantz styled A\V Enclosure
• Windows 7 64bit operating system on SSD
• Blu-ray playback with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
• Recording of HD premium content using Quad CableCARD technology
• Remote configuration/support for customers and authorized dealers
• Apple iPad for Remote Mult-Zone Music control
• Intel Core i7 Processor Technology
• 2-4TB of 6Gb/s SATA Media Storage
OMS Trade-in/Upgrade Program
Okoro Media Systems is now extending the opportunity for existing customers to trade in or upgrade their current system for a next generation machine. The upgrade offer for OMS customers will be available through July 31st, 2010.
For more information about the GX Series or other OMS Digital Entertainment Systems, please visit http://www.okoromedia.com or call (888) 420-1668.
About Okoro Media Systems
Founded in 2004, Okoro Media Systems, Inc. has been a leader in the manufacturing of Digital Entertainment Systems for the high-end, audio/video market. By creating elegant and innovative solutions, OMS Digital Entertainment Systems have been featured in The Robb Report Home Entertainment, Electronic House and Playboy.
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@vishal1082
Two wrongs trying to make one right
@Endurer Because a normal HTPC remote won't do, we'll bundle a $500 iPad for free...
overcharge much?
@DefPoet
They are using an iPad as a remote control. Clearly, if you care at all about bang for your buck, this isn't for you.
This is better suited for peeps who have a $10K receiver and $3K purebread champion line Ragdoll cat, where price isn't much of an issue as long as it works well, and I'm sure it does.
@DefPoet
and how is one supposed to finance it without leaving the house?
@Ducman69
the ipad is a nice choice for a remote if the app they use has a crap ton of functionality and looks good. But charging that much for the parts they use is absolutely wrong.
@nicholasphan
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@Ducman69
Well, as far as bang for your buck is concerned, you could do a lot worse than an iPad as a control solution. The closest touchscreen remote that has nowhere near the same level of functionality is the harmony 1100 which goes for about $500 new.
Touchscreens from more expensive producers such as control4 and crestron start at about $2k.
I'd rather have an iPad.
@aedile The advantage of buying the more expensive, dedicated touch screen controllers over the iPad, it that they tend to be more responsive and have physical buttons. Before I get flamed, any wifi control solution requires authentication that is dropped when the auto timeout happens. The advantage of physical buttons, like on the Harmony 1100, is two fold. 1) you don't have to wait for the screen to wake up, slide the unlock button, and make sure you are on the right page for the particular function (i.e. volume) that you are looking for. 2) you don't have to look down to use a particular. Channel surfing with your finger on the button can't be matched by a touchscreen.
@cinematech
I tried one of those IR blaster apps for the iPhone. The associated IR blaster wasn't strong enough to make it across my living room reliably.
Meh I say!
Don't overhype a solution before you've actually used it yourself.
@jedi I'm absolutely not endorsing the use of an iPad as a primary controller.
Most, if not all, of the professional solutions for using the iPad/iPhone as a control device, don't use any adapter directly connected to the device. They typically use a control platform (Savant, Crestron, Control4, etc) and use a protocol adapter to allow the iPad's wifi connection to establish a link to their otherwise proprietary solution.
If those photos are to scale (and not a Photoshop) then those units are HUGE. (Yes, I know I'm just ASKING for someone to say "TWSS")
But really, I'd rather have something more the size of the Mac Mini than those monstrosities.
@Smart People Play Tuba
That would be humongous. Not sure if they are, but they have a HTPC thats less than the size of a coke can, if you live in a Japanese apartment.
I am sure neither it nor the Mac Mini are exactly what anyone would call benchmark HTPCs though.
@Smart People Play Tuba
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That's what she said!
And by bundle they mean directly passing on the cost to the consumer
@sbudbud : isn't that always the case?
no 3TB hard drive, no sale (:
@Marko
Who else has one out, is it still just that Seagate crap? I've always had bad luck with that brand.
@Marko
Ha as if that's the thing that changed your mind.
@fais - Abosultely, don't want no second grade components in my htpc (; The neighbours would laugh and point!
@Marko - They'd all be saying - hey, there is that guy with a small... hard drive!
@Marko
always have to have things super-sized :)
@Ducman69
At that prices just have two of everything. Run the disks mirrored and you don't have to worry about how dodgey Seagate is so much. If they made the hot swapping of the bad mirror drives nice and easy and such, they might even earn their asking price.
@Marko
There's a version with 4 GB... :P
a 24x19cm remote is hardly what i'd call "elegant"
I'd rather this:
http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/440/4708
Over an iPad as I don't want to install iTunes, Safari, MobileMe and Bonjour just to get a damn file onto the thing.
@Excalibur
Ugh. The 1100 sucks. If you are going for a dedicated touchscreen remote, try the URC MX-3000. A good second-hand remote can be had for maybe $200-$300 less than the price of a new 1100. It's a little harder to program but *MUCH* more functional and customizable.
@Excalibur and what file are you trying to get onto the ipad considering it doesnt run files.
Mini ITX HTPC in A/V case with front LCD & remote + SSD + external eSata drive + Squeezebox + XBMC + random smartphone/tablet + squeezecenter control app = ~$700. Did I just read these thing cost over $5000? 8-/
@drange -considering the price of an iPad, yeah, this is a huge rip-off. And there are people that will pay it cause they have the money and they don't know better.
@fj2u Its not that they don't know any better, its that they aren't techie, or their time is more valuable than what they pay for a product to be built for them.
Wait, that's not an iPod Touch!?
@pt0016 yes, these machines are tiny!
You guys are just bunch of haters. Not a single one of you have anything positive to say and it's not because there ISN'T anything positive, it's because you all are haters. Companies don't invest in other brand unless they have full faith in it. Now you all haters gonna say, Apple must be paying them to do that. Why do you even have to comment? You all so jealous that your piece of junk doesn't have same support or perform as well.
@Raytem
Dear Idiot Troll
We are not complaining about the ipad
We are complain that they charge $5000 dollars for $1200 woth of hardware even if you include the highest end ipad you still dont get near $5000
@Raytem
Interesting post, maybe next time you should follow your own advice and either provide some substance to the point you're trying to make, or refrain from posting altogether.
Or to put it differently: instead of whining that no-one has something positive to say about these machines, you tell us about all the goodness we're missing if we don't buy this.
Normally, I'm all for product and price differentation, or paying a premium to get something that's highly integrated, easy to use, no hassle, just works, that kind of stuff. But we're talking about a freaking HTPC here, something that only differentiates from other HTPC's by the case around (which I personally find hideous and bombastic) and the fact that you can control it using a tablet. That's not nearly enough to justify a 10x price difference compared to other off-the-shelf HTPC's that can do the same, don't you think?
@Raytem When the negative overwhelming outweighs the positives why should we focus on the weaker point? $5,000 is absurd, unless you are rich and always something of a premium.
@DefPoet Dear stupid anti Apple Troll
My comment was directed on people who were bitching about iPad. Such as "mrqs Posted Jul 8th 2010 7:17AMNEUTRAL
a 24x19cm remote is hardly what i'd call "elegant"
Since I hurt your precious feelings with my blatantly truthful comment I just posted an example. Engadget report news and haters comments are mostly full of Apple bashing such as yours. A suggestion to you all, make an anti Apple technology blog and bash on it.
Sent from an iPad.
@barkingghos I really don't care about HTPC. I will never buy it since I'm completely satisfied (much more then Microsoft users) with my Mac Pro and OS X (it's pronounce 10 not X). My comments are directed to trolls who are bashing iPad. Thanks.
@Raytem
>> Sent from an iPad.
Not sent from an iPad, but it's in my lap.
If you can come up with a better HTPC control mechanism for your pet product but all means share it with the rest of us.
Screw the HTPC, but if they have a solid MCE remote with cover flow app for the ipad they are sitting on a much bigger revenue stream than the over priced pc.
I'd use an iPad for a remote if I had one.
I never buy from a website the returns "500 - Internal server error." when you click on product information.
Looks like traffic brought that page down
Looks like it's back on-line now. Hmmm.. Quad CableCARD tuners seem to be available on all of their models. Even the little $1295 one.
that thing sure is sexy though.
www.pcsstream.com does the same. Half the size, half the price. Controllable by ipad. Much more elegant. Plus 3D bluray...
I keep seeing venders offering the Ceton tuner. Does that mean that the OEMs have them and are ready to ship or the product will be delayed until the tuner arrives?