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New Niveus Media Centers


Niveus RainierNiveus is showing off a whole new crop of media center PCs today.

The 2007 Pro Series n7 and n9 are rack-mounted systems that include Intel ViiV technology, Core 2 Duo Extreme Processors, and NVidia GeForce Series 7 graphic cards. Oh right, and Windows Media Center Edition 2005, HDMI-output, yada yada yada.

Here's the good stuff:
  • 1Tb to 3TB storage
  • Up to 4 TV tuners (2 NTSC and 2 ATSC)
  • Up to 4GB RAM
  • 8-channel audio
In case you haven't guessed, these models are intended for professional use, they're priced at $7000 and $15,000. They'll ship at the end of the month

For the more consumer oriented, may we point out the new Niveus Rainier and Denali Editions, priced at a lowly $3500 and $700, also available September 30th?

These machines come with Viiv, Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processors, HD DVD and HDMI output. Running Windows MCE 2005, Rainier can handle up to 2 standard and 1 OTA HD tuner, a 750GB hard drive, and 2GB of memory. The Denali addition handles up to 4 TV tuners, 1TB of storage, 4GB of storage, and all around seems a bit more like the pro-models, but with the addition of WiFi.

If you were holding out for something a bit pricier than the modded TiVo Series3, you might want to give these puppies a try.
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