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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: [Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat] on January 12, 2004, 07:35:10 PM
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Source:http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6086244.html
After months of speculation and occasional derision, Infinium Labs has finally unveiled their Phantom PC game console at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Although the presenters never actually turned the machine on, they did display the first physical example of the console for the press to ogle.
The sample Phantom looked much like its concept art, a sleek if not ideally stackable package, with the now-infamous Viking-helmet logo on the front and an impressive array of video, audio, and data connections in the back. Visible were: optical, coax, and RCA audio outputs; S-video, composite, and component video outputs; and 4 USB ports, a 10/100 LAN line, and a cable modem input.
Once rumored to be an elaborate hoax, the Phantom promises to be a "new way to deliver content," according to Infinium Labs. When it eventually becomes available, the console will support regular PC gaming on monitors or televisions, as well as a proposed online game rental service via an "always on" broadband device. The Phantom's proposed technical specs and more information on its capabilities are available on
its official Web site, Phantom.net.
Pics:
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/news/01/08/phantom_screen001.jpg)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/news/01/08/phantom_screen002.jpg)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/news/01/08/phantom_screen003.jpg)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/news/01/08/phantom_screen004.jpg)
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At first I thought all this was bullshit, but I'm mildly interested in this now. Kind of leary about spending that much money on system that only lets you download the games. Just doesn't seem like it will last long. Cool idea tho.