ECS Shows off the Our Room PC Media Server

[Apoptosis]

Designed to make the Smart Home smarter, the new ECS media server allows seamless ‘anywhere’ viewing of digital media

Hannover, Germany, 13th March 2006 - The dream of a seamless digital home entertainment experience became a reality today with the announcement of the Our Room PC home entertainment centre from ECS.

The Our Room PC (ORPC) combines the power of a PC, DVD player, DVD recorder, personal video recorder, digital photo frame, high-end stereo, game console and more, into a single consumer electronics appliance. This simply smart server is a powerful home entertainment centre that puts its owner in total control of music, photos, television, games, the Internet and much more, delivering total digital enjoyment to every room in the house.

Powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading technology, the media server speeds through CPU-intensive operations in record time, delivering high speed and great performance. The SATA hard drive increases bus speed from 100 to 150 MB per second for swift access and movement of multi-media files. The server also comes with a choice of high speed 802.11 B/G or A/B/G wireless LANs.

The Our Room PC is a beautifully styled consumer electronics device that operates at a low noise level that doesn’t interfere with the peaceful ambience of a room. A compact and attractive, yet unobtrusive design encases the hi tech interior and complements any room in the modern smart home. A fully-featured remote control enhances the Microsoft Media Center Edition Experience.

The Our Room PC’s high definition video capabilities are complemented by outstanding high definition 24 Bit and 192KHz audio support with multi-streaming capability supporting multiple industry formats including Intel Audio Studio for Media Center, Sonic Focus as well as Dolby Pro Logic II, Pro Logic IIx and Dolby Headphone technologies that extend Dolby quality to PC audio allowing you to reproduce the most exciting visual as well as aural experience of the cinema.

Great capabilities demand great connectivity and the Our Room PC delivers superb connectivity options including line level to an amplifier or powered speakers; full 7.1 analogue ‘high density’ outputs; digital optical and coaxial connections; and independent or switching front microphones or headphones.

The ORPC is scheduled for release in selected markets at the end of March 2006.

About ECS
ECS, Elitegroup Computer Systems (TSE: 2331), has pioneered in the design and manufacture of computer motherboards since 1987. Headquartered in Taiwan, ECS has operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim and was the first motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1994. ECS also has ISO 9001: 2000 and ISO 14001 certified manufacturing facilities in China which are capable of producing over 2.5 million motherboards every month.

Today the motherboard manufacturer has developed and expanded its business to also design and manufacture notebook computers for distributors worldwide and is capable of producing 200,000 units monthly. The ECS website can be found at http://www.ecs.com.tw

[TheGeekMistress]

hmm, sounds interresting but i can't find any info on their site or pix.

i'd really like to see pix of it inside and out.

TGM