First Look: Lafayette MediaReady 4000

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.designtechnica.com/firstlook67.html' target='_blank'>http://reviews.designtechnica.com/firstlook67.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The MediaReady 4000 from Video Without Boundaries is an integrated DVD player and Internet device which provides access to a wide array of different forms of media. It is designed to be tied into your existing home entertainment center, acting as a home media server with a 40 GB hard drive to store music, pictures and video."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/MediaReady4000.gif" /> <br /><br />All I can say is look at all those inputs! 8O The style is a little to 1980's for me, but maybe it's all retro. Anyway, the player supports almost all formats (well, all but WMV and WMA) and it does have a parallel port on the back (hmm, a nice dot matrix printer might look good with that style). The Lafayette MediaReady 4000 is available at <a href="https://www.vwbinc.com/secureorder.html">Video Without Boundaries</a> for $449 and includes an infrared keyboard and wireless remote, both with built-in trackballs.

[Tim Williamson]

Ooh ooh...did I win???!!! :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

Ooh ooh...did I win???!!! :wink:

Oh boy. It's going to be a long few weeks. :roll: :lol:

[Tim Williamson]

Ooh ooh...did I win???!!! :wink:

Oh boy. It's going to be a long few weeks. :roll: :lol:

Heh! :lol:

[OSUKid7]

Ooh ooh...did I win???!!! :wink:

Oh boy. It's going to be a long few weeks. :roll: :lol:
:rofl:

lol. looks like a great device. :D

[ctmagnus]

With all those connections, it looks like a scottEplayer.

[OSUKid7]

With all those connections, it looks like a scottEplayer.
haha...good point. ;) Speaking of that...I should check if the SCOTTeVEST I'm getting is in stock yet.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

It doesn't even look 1980s. It's just not attractive. It's not ugly too.. just kinda blah. Nice featureset though.

[bbarker]

I wonder if this Lafayette is related to Lafayette Radio Electronics, the Radio Shack competitor whose catalogs I drooled over in the 1960s. I would dream about their CB radios, reading every word in the catalog descriptions.