New Dell PCs look like an old concept, but still cool

Over three years ago, I blogged about some really cool looking home theater PCs. I thought they looked terrific (still do) and they were a refreshing approach to something that might sit in your living room.

Looks like Dell is producing a very similar design with bamboo wrapped cases. They pack HTPC features like blu-ray drives and TV tuners and have pretty good prices. If these were cablecard compatible, I'd actually consider getting one.

BoingBoing Gadgets has all the details on them.

Comments

[Harry D]

Same here - no cablecard, I won't consider buying. even further - no tuner, no buy.

I'm not sure what Dell is playing at here - It seems to be just offering player functions, but backward-thinking: no blu-ray, no tuner, no cablecard. and i wonder how well it even does streaming media.

it's a very incomplete device, although yes, it looks cool.

[Matt Haughey]

Well, it does have blu-ray and a basic tuner as optional extras, but I can't see any cablecard option at all, so I'm suspecting it was never certified.