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SonicBlue's Digital Audio Center

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

grecorj writes "This article on the NY Times website (free registration blah blah blah) talks about SONICblue's new Advanced Digital Audio Center ; a digital entertainment hub which can store up to 650 hours of music. For $1500!" Here is a press release that has a bit more details. It sure does seem overpriced for only a 40G hard drive.

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  1. new definition by Transient0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    > "Designed as a core component for the ultimate
    > home audio experience, the Rio Audio Center
    > redefines home audio capabilities" said Andrew
    > Wolfe, Ph.D., chief technology officer,
    > SONICblue.

    Yeah, I bet...

    def'n: home audio capabilities - noun
    1. The ability to trick yourself into thinking that you're not just paying a grand and a half for a pretty box with blinking lights. 2. The ability to believe absolute tripe if the greedy greedy man saying it has the letters "Ph. D." after his name.
    -Oxford English Dictionary

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  2. Re:Give the public what it wants! by rho · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Give the public what it wants! An all-in-one, big-screen home entertainment personal flying device!

    If there was a device that had a 35" screen, a 10 terrabyte RAM cache, a 9 gigahertz processor, a jet-pack, and could fit in a purse or wallet, everybody and his brother would want one!

    I don't think this product is too far-fetched, if you take into account Moore's Law and magick pixie dust. I know of alchemists who are working on this right now.

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