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Given my above desire, how would the Panda PC be a better solution than a standard PC?
and regular PC could be placed in a cabinet to mute whatever noise is there.
The Panda PC certainly is an interesting product, and has piqued my curiosity, and is a potential purchase. Plaudits certainly go to Michael Barnes for going out on a limb with a crossover design.What I want is a device to act as an MP3 jukebox with excellent sound. Convenience would be a key factor, as in I would like to be able to just pop in a CD to the jukebox, and have it record with one or none clicks.Given my above desire, how would the Panda PC be a better solution than a standard PC?If the Panda PC's only special ability is to play DVD's, how is that going to be better than a dedicated DVD player of decent quality ($500 and up)?Also, what is the processor used on the Panda?The Panda PC uses the VIA M9000 board. This has a 933 Mhz VIA processor which is roughly equal to a Pentium III. The video chip is a Castelrock. This has integrated MPEG II and the playback for DVD is excelent. The sound chip is the PL1616. This chip is the best I have heard in a computer. VIA bought out a high-end sound solution that was previously used by recording studios.M-Audio makes outboard devices that are based on the same chip.Does it have a built-in LAN. A wireless LAN would be even more attractive.
The Panda PC certainly is an interesting product, and has piqued my curiosity, and is a potential purchase. Plaudits certainly go to Michael Barnes for going out on a limb with a crossover design.What I want is a device to act as an MP3 jukebox with excellent sound. Convenience would be a key factor, as in I would like to be able to just pop in a CD to the jukebox, and have it record with one or none clicks.Given my above desire, how would the Panda PC be a better solution than a standard PC?If the Panda PC's only special ability is to play DVD's, how is that going to be better than a dedicated DVD player of decent quality ($500 and up)?Also, what is the processor used on the Panda?Does it have a built-in LAN. A wireless LAN would be even more attractive.
'bump'Any chance some or 'any' of my questions about the Panda could get answered?While it's clearly a cool products, and a great price, I'm still confused about what it can and can't do, who it's aimed at, and/or what type of typical HT gear it's meant to replace... i.e. -DVD player, scalar, preamp, DAC, etc.??Please see all the questions I posted on the 13th.Thanks