[CUBE] Throwing in the towel

[Christian Leue]

I am planning something very similar, with the goal of throwing out my 
TV, VCR and DVD player (and their three remote controls...):

I've ordered the Gigadesigns 1GHz CPU and a Radeon 7500 Dual-Display 
card (both fan-less, yeah!). My current 17" Studio Display will stay on 
the desk, and I will order a 23" Cinema Display with the DVI-ADC 
adapter as a second monitor, located where the TV is standing now. 
Sound output is via SoundSticks (my 450 CDs are already in iTunes). 
TV-Input will be with the new EyeTV 300 device, which takes DVB-S 
satellite signals and and feeds them as an MPEG-2 stream via Firewire 
to the Cube. And I hope the EyeTV's remote will also be able to control 
Panther's DVD-Player and the system sound volume. Living in Germany, I 
will even be able to profit from EyeTV's interface to the online 
programming schedules on www.tvtv.de.

Since what I've read on the rumor sites appears plausible, I think a 
new display family in the new aluminum design of the G5 will be around 
shortly. That will let me pick up the current 23" display (whose 
styling matches the Cube so well) in a closeout sale somewhere, I hope. 
I'd say $1500 is a realistic price I'd be willing to pay.

Cheers,
Christian