From what I understand, the Gefen unit uses the fiber in the forward direction only, and uses an additional Cat5 for the bidirectional low speed data. Neothing's does it all on one fiber, and plans to do usb, ethernet, etc. in the future.

There are pricing details and tons more info on the product at cedianews.com. The product is actually a Media Center PC, although Fuze goes out of the way to say "it is not a Media Center." Key thing about it is that it is built from the ground up to distribute music throughout the house -- something that really is novel. http://www.cepro.com/article/fuze_may_have_first_media_center_built_specifically_for_whole_house_audio/

Actually, the point of the story wasn't really if MCE would obsolete the Tivo (no time soon, I don't think). There were two other gists: TiVo isn't immune from hiccups -- you know, that nasty IR problem of mine, and yes I've had to reboot on occasion-- but the real takeaway from the story is this: If you want cheaper tivo service, just ask for it. I threatened to cancel because of my MCE, and they dropped the price to $6.95. I hear comcast is doing something similar when Verizon Fios comes to town. Threaten to switch and Comcast will give you a year or two for free.

I have updated the story with some better pictures and a little more info.
Check back if you're interested. http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/11753.html

That is PRICELESS. I got a Toshiba HDDVD press bag at CES and guess what was inside?? A roadmap of all the BLU-RAY booths at CES! OOps.
http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/5796.html

well, this blog is slightly off. This touchscreen is not inexpensive. the key new innovation is that lifeware is enabling two-way control via inexpensive distributed audio systems (not pictured!). The caption from my original blog reads like this:

It's one thing to enable feedback and control via costly toucshcreens, as Exceptional Innovation has demonstrated in the past. It's another thing to enable inexpensive third-party keypads to display metadata from an MCE, and enable users to control their PC-based content right from the keypad. That's what EI will show at EHX.

-Julie Jacobson, CE Pro
http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/7577.html

New Simplay Designation Means HDMI REALLY Works
By Julie Jacobson, Feb 20 2006
Just because it says HDMI on the front panel doesn't mean a DVD player or other source will actually get its content all the way through to the display, thanks in part to the often-misapplied EEDID communications protocol. The HDMI folks, with the new Simplay HD designation, are requiring that manufacturers get EEDID right.
http://blog.ce-pro.com/news/6570.html

Back end is wide open, so no ventilation problems. Too bad xbox doesn't come in a rack-mount form factor -- they could raise the price and sell a lot more to the ce channel.