Apple Set Top Box (iBox) Rumors Revived?

[Dstreelm]

the reason the media center PC is stupid and overpriced is that microsoft and the hardware developers didnt make the leap fully into a set top box, they made an in the middle, sitting on the fence wishi-washi excuse for a set top box. because microsoft is so anal about what they wanted the thing to do, they went the road of making a pc, that thant can do all thesee pc things(play games, run autocad ect.) and can also do these media center type things. thats why they had to include such a big processor and all that other stuff that make it a true pc.

i had the opportunity to demo a media center pc when they came to Virginia Tech last year. and it was pretty cool that you could navigate everying with the remote, but typical of microsoft, they incorporated all these blocks into it, it wouldnt even let me play this mp3 cd i brought. i mean the thing works, but its not as slick as what apple could produce

if apple rteleases this ibox, they will be much more sucessful and it will be cheaper because this isnt meant to replace your desktop and act as media center, it compliments it. they know youre not gonna be playing halo on this, because youre either gonna be playing it on your mac, or on your xbox. apple created somethng that will do only what its meant to do. therefore it can use old G3 chips because it doesnt need alot of processing power, just enough to have it do what it needs to do, and do it well.

 

[tloder]

ibox Redux

HP announced that they will be putting out a new Entertainment Hub that will play videos, mp3's , PVR functionality.


HP entertainment hub

Starting this fall, HP will introduce an entertainment hub designed to put consumers in control of all of their entertainment content. The entertainment hub will serve as the single, central storage repository, distribution and access point for all music, photo, video and movie collections in the home.

Additionally, consumers will be able to watch and pause live TV and record their favorite TV shows from any source, including cable, satellite or HDTV. The new device will be sleek and stylish and work great with existing devices in the home, but will offer an even better experience in combination with the other components of the HP Digital Entertainment System.



Remember the rumor of the ibox? Could this be the same animal? Maybe a reciprocation from HP to Apple?

Time will tell.

 

[andi]

ibox

iBox may be imac 2004 alu icube with internal eyetv an airport connected 20' flat screen for $ 2000. this would be a nice 20th anniv birthday present!?

 

[Hemingray]

Originally posted by MEJ
Simple. It's a "digital VCR." Record broadcast material onto a hard disk. No tapes. Therefore no VCR. Wait, you're not still renting movies on *tape* are you? =) As someone who has a PVR, I can tell you I can't remember the last time I used my VCR. However, I must say I find the lack of a program guide to be a very bad idea...

And I don't understand your comment about the proximity of the computer and the entertainment center, and how this relates to replacing a CD/DVD player... If you had read the [macosx.com] article, you would've seen the device has an optical drive.

Okay, I was thinking more along the lines of VHS tapes I own, not recorded off TV or rented. But to each his own! I'm only buying DVDs now, but I have tons of old VHS tapes.

Annnd, I didn't read the article so that would explain my ignorant CD/DVD comment.

 

[drizahy4]

i didn't get to read through the whole post but i saw the eyeTV product and it pretty much is what the "ibox" looks like it suppose to be. Just missing a nice dvd burner...
But you also need the eyeHome if you want to watch what was recorded on your Mac to Tv wish it could be easier but hey we all can't be happy...