[CUBE] Throwing in the towel

Chip Everts chipeverts at mac.com
Wed Dec 3 11:37:18 PST 2003


Wow!
I'd love to see some pictures when you get this all finished! 
On Wednesday, December 03, 2003, at 11:48AM, Christian Leue <c.leue at mac.com> wrote:

>
>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
>
>
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