The ultimate A/V setup featured a few weeks ago was an awe inspiring thing of beauty, but in spite of having enough tech to keep even the most voracious gearhound happy it was missing a few key components, namely a Wii and an Xbox 360. Thankfully, for people that can afford to spend the obscene amounts of money required to even begin thinking about possibly starting to maybe set up a system like this, a solution to flesh out the gaming gap in your life is available.
Created by SE2 Labs, the ITC One incorporates an Xbox 360, Wii, HD-DVR, iPod Dock, pre-amp processor, and a top notch cooling system in addition to a Blu-Ray player where once there was a HD-DVD drive, all into a 17 by 23 by 22 inch package. Massive for most but meager to someone with the scratch to throw down on something like this, and it's certainly not cheap. At $25,000 a pop you could either buy the ITC One or feed a small African village for a couple years, but really, which is more fun?
[Via ZDnet -- Thanks, Jonathan]
Contest:
12:08 PM on 03.04.2008
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Also, how do they come up with a price tag of 25,000? Is there some REALLY expensive hardware in there that I am not taking into consideration? Because I am not paying 15,000 extra for an "advanced cooling system" - if that is what they call a couple of fans now-a-days.
LOTS of towels.
It doesn't have HD-DVD, it has a Blu Ray player. HD-DVR means Hard Drive Digital Video Recorder. You know, like a TiVo?
Though, I agree it's not worth 25K. I could build the same thing myself for 20% of that price and cram even more features into it.
Add on the optional upgrades, speakers and a screen and you can top 100K. Good thing I have two kidneys...
With a high end pre amp it could top 20k worth of gear easily. Add on the 'ease' of having it prepackaged, and you get their price tag. Although missing out the PS3 is a bit of an oversight, surely it wouldnt have cost that much more.
Having said that, the kind of person who would buy this doesnt care about price, and would have an awesome home theater to show it off on.