Velocity Micro CineMagix Grand Theater

There's a Bud Light ad campaign that gives props to "Real Men of Genius" like Mr. Boneless Buffalo Wing inventor and Mr. Backyard Bug Zapper creator. To that list we must add Mr. Killer Home Theater guy. For that guy, I present the Velocity Micro...

Can view, record, and back up basic and premium HD programming on a MCE PC. Dual internal CableCARD readers. Handy front-panel info display. Home-theater friendly form factor. Data redundancy and speedy hard drives (RAID 5). Built-in IR receiver

Graphics card fan is loud. Newborn-tech issues. CableCARD incompatible with satellite TV

The Velocity Micro CineMagix is (in theory) a system for the HDTV enthusiast who wants to start recording premium and basic HD programming right now. But the extremely new technology still has some kinks to work out.