Comments on: Concept for Mac mini A/V dock

By: cory

cory — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:42:13 +0000

I think it needs to be smaller… I also think that a battery needs to be incorperated with a touch screen lcd, and the docking station needs to be cheap in order to be useful(you would need more than 2 to utilize it)

By: RawB8figure

RawB8figure — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:06:49 +0000

Thats a good idea.

Here’s a link to my pic for an idea for mac mini, weak ass pic though.

http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=24295

By: superpixel

superpixel — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:14:56 +0000

One small step in this direction:
http://solutionspheres.blogspot.com

Front mounted USB baby!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:56:25 +0000

You get it all wrong. I don’t care if I have OSX in my stereo and I don’t want a computer
(i.e. wait to boot up and software to update). I want a DVR (digital video recorder)
with hard disk and iTunes built in. A good DVR is $599 and a good CD player is $150.

Why I’d buy it:
It integrates with my iPod, can play the music I bought from iTMS and also show some
cool animation while playing music. This is why I need this component for my stereo.
I play music from analogs CD’s now, but my TV is powered on and shows nothing – duh ?
I’d be really cool if it had an optical input to “rip” the music from my SONY 400
CD jukebox and also hooks up to internet radio stations.

By: Eduo

Eduo — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:32:11 +0000

This is a nice idea, but I think it doesn’t actually look good, sorry.

I wouldn’t mind a vertical layout, though and covers for the slots. The look of the mini is nice because it’s smooth, slots and LEDs don’t look good. I would make a vertical layout with port replication, an extra FW IDE HD and a TV MPG hardware codec (nos software-based, as the mini can-t handle realtime encoding/decoding of these).

If a screen is necessary then one of the 7″ widescreen touchscreen would be a good idea, like these:

http://www.cartft.com/carpc/catalog/il/442
http://www.xenarc.com/product/700ts.html