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http://www.request.com/

Request provides home digital audio and video management systems that are pretty great. I was just browsing through their site, and found some pretty compelling products. I actually had not heard of them before, but apparently they’ve shipped over 18,000 systems.

Built in iPod interfaces, the ability to access your digital media library from any web browser… very cool. This is going to merit further investigation.

“VideoReQuest gives you the freedom to finally browse through your entire movie collection. With the press of a button you have access to hundreds of your DVDs, each one instantly accessible by Title, Actor, Director, Rating or Genre. Leave the movies to your VideoReQuest – it’s guaranteed to entertain.”

“Designed for simple integration systems and as a high quality music source for home theater installations, the single zone output N.Series provides instant access to hundreds of CDs by Artist, Album, Genre and Song. The internal hard drive capacity will hold 125 CDs in WAV, or 500 CDs in MP3/320kps formats. Adding music to the collection and creating individual playlists is as simple as inserting a new CD.”

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2006/id20060926_563996.htm?campaign_id=rss_null

Hey, stranger things have happened.  I’m almost convinced I shouldn’t replace my XBOX and hold out for what the guys who revolutionized the MP3 player come out with.

Here’s what I’d expect:

1) iTV or Mac Mini… whatever it is, it will look cool

2)  It will be easy to use

3) The geek from the commercials will start wearing an XBOX suit

Interesting article- well worth checking out.

http://www.saffire-usa.com/

This company has some of the coolest iPod accessories out there. Rumor has it that they’ll be releasing a Jukebox sometime this fall. Said Jukebox will come with a docking station for your iPod, a CD player, and an FM radio. Check it out here, it’s the perfect accessory for your game room, and at $699, it’s pretty affordable too.
Stay tuned.

Here is some specific information:

http://www.pacrimtechnologies.com/product_info.php?products_id=819