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Microsoft and Cannon PC Partner to offer CableCARD Media Centers

Cannon PC, LP announced its Direct OEM partnership with Microsoft and will be offering a Digital CableCARD on its Home Series and Pro A/V Series Media Centers.

May 25, 2008 – Cannon PC, the award winning Media Center specialty company, announced May 25th its partnership with Microsoft and will be offering dual Digital CableCARD on its line of Media Center PCs and has plans to release quad CableCARD systems in the near future.

 “We are excited about our partnership with Microsoft and the opportunity to offer our customers Digital CableCARD” said Gregg Cannon of Cannon PC.  Cannon PC has worked hard over the years to establish itself and major player in the Media Center market and CableCARD will allow us to bring the next level of this exciting technology to our customers.”

For those not familiar with Digital CableCARDs, they allow customers to watch and record their cable TV channels, including premium HDTV channels like HBO-HD and ESPNHD directly on their Media Center without the need for a set-top box.  You can even stream the HD content to other rooms in the house via Media Center Extenders.

As the winner of nine national and international awards, Cannon PC has been designing Microsoft Windows-based Media Centers for over four years. Their business model is specifically targeted to Media Centers and Media Center technology. “We contribute our success on focusing our resources on what we do best and aligning ourself with strategic partnerships including A/V integrators, homebuilders and cutting-edge home automation companies.” said Cannon.

Cannon PC offers a of line of Media Centers for the tech savvy consumer as well as a high end line of Media Centers tailored for the custom integration market.  Cannon PC has a unique dealer program for qualified A/V installers and integrators that are looking to offer their clients reliable feature rich Media Centers at a competitive price.  Unlike other Media Center manufactures, each system can be completely customizable to fit the customers need or the A/V project.

Their Home Series line of Media Centers consist of the AMD-based ultra small form factor FX Series Media Center as well as the Intel-based MC Series house in an A/V style case.  Either system can be purchased through their online site.

The Cannon PC Pro A/V Series consists of three models; the LX, EX and RX.  The LX has been redesigned to include a stylish new case that integrates gold plated front audio connectors, quick access USB and Fire Wire connections as well as a 28 in 1 media card reader.  The EX features a 12” HD touch screen and room for over 6 TB of disk storage.  The RX unit is a sleek rack mount system that will fit nicely into any standard A/V rack and each system comes standard with a Blu-ray DVD drive.

All Cannon PC Media Center’s come standard with features such as a 28-in-1 media card reader, front IO, USB and Firewire connections, dual NTSC and HDTV tuners (with CableCARD shipping soon), 8 channel HD audio, P35 Express chipset, Quad Core and Dual Core Processor, high end ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards, up to 8 GB or RAM and up to 6 terabytes of internal SATA hard disk storage.  Each system uses state of the art motherboards and components that utilize cool and quiet technology to ensure that their systems are whisper quiet and low on heat.  All systems are backed by a 1 year factory warranty.

Cannon PC has been designing high end Media Center since its founding in 2004.  To learn more about Cannon PC Media Centers, visit them online at http://www.cannonpc.com.

For information contact:
sales@cannonpc.com
832-364-6608

Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/
Published Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:11 AM by Chris - Moderator
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jhale83 said:

I find it amusing how much some of these companies charge for a Media Center PC. The cheapest option I found on there website was $1299 and that included a whopping AMD 3200+ processor and 1GB of RAM! Pretty sure it also had ONE combo tuner!

I got my XPS 420 and 2 CableCARD tuners for close to the same price!
May 27, 2008 8:55 AM
 

Chris - Moderator said:

I'm going to guess that system is a bit dated and not really sold.  :)

The one thing you will notice is that all specialty companies will cost more, just look down the line at S1, Vidabox, etc, etc, etc.  What you are paying for is support and a rock hard system.  I think the Dell's are a fantastic deal (as noted by the dozen blog posts I've done on them), but they are not without major issues (shipping wrong BIOS, graphic cards that didn't work, etc).  You also have to hunt to find someone on the phone who knows what CableCARD is (HP has told tons of people they don't sell a CableCARD tuner, despite the fact that we know they do).

So, overall it is really about the market you are in.  People like you and me are more likely to buy a Dell, but then I look at people who have bought CableCARD PCs from the guys who know what they are doing (S1, Cannon, etc) and I notice they have no problems with their PCs and if they do it is fixed next day (more or less).
May 27, 2008 10:47 AM
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