Earlier this month, we
gave you a glance at Exceptional Innovation's (producer of Life|Ware) quad-CableCARD media server, and now the outfit is finally making things (extra) official. Two machines will initially be offered up with (count 'em) four CableCARD tuners within, and neither are likely to run ya cheap. Up first is the flagship LMS-754, which packs a quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme processor, 4GB of RAM, 4TB of hard drive space in a RAID 5 array, Ethernet, a slew of USB 2.0 ports, audio in / out, and a FireWire connector to boot. The slightly more affordable LMS-654 will probably ratchet things down a bit in the storage and CPU department, and while no specific prices are given, we are told that the Life|Media line now ranges from $3,500 to $15,000. Additionally, the firm introduced 8.9-inch and 12.1-inch widescreen Life|point touch panels with the new Life|slide function, both of which offer up 720p resolution and enable the user to "gesture right or left to quickly navigate the Life|ware gallery." Click on through for a shot of the front.
posted Sep 20th 2007 11:50AM
I think this is an awesome system if you use it in the right place. This system would be used in a place that could possibly have up to four people watching tv at once all viewing their own stations. You connect your Xbox 360s or Media Center extenders up to it and everybody is happy in their own room watching whatever they want being able to pause and rewind and all that other good stuff. It could be used for a very large family, a small business or for some guy who has more money than he knows what to do with and just wants to brag to everyone that he can record four premium digital channels at once.