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April 19, 2005
Polk Audio I-Sonic Unveiled
Yep, another "i" product, from Polk Audio the new Polk I-Sonic entertainment system has just been unveiled. A pretty cool concept, the I-Sonic is a compact stereo audio system that combines AM/FM, Digital HD Radio, and XM Satellite Radio capability with a DVD/CD player.
Meant to be an all-in-one system, Polk's new 4-speaker "I-Sonic" and "Power Port" technologies produce sound quality supposedly so big and lifelike that the I-Sonic is capable of being the primary home entertainment system for many.
Measuring only 14.5" x 9.75" x 4.75", the XM-Ready Polk unit fits nicely on a kitchen countertop, nightstand, in a TV stand or on the coffee table in a living room. This I-Sonic is satellite radio enabled with XM's Connect-and-Play technology - get a $50 XM antenna and you're good to go.
But there's more goodies than just audio. Because the Polk Audio I-Sonic entertainment system is also the first product of its type to incorporate a DVD player. When connected to a TV or monitor, it is a complete, high performance audio/video entertainment system. The single disc DVD player plays DVD video discs, CDs, Picture CD, Video CD, MP3 CD and many other formats. S-Video and composite video outputs to are provided to hookup to video displays.
The I-Sonic will be available in September 2005 for $599.
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April 19, 2005 12:13 PM
Comments
I dunno about units like this...$600 for an all you can eat type of widget that will be marketed as XM ready..Oh, and by the way, you need to fork over another $50 for an XM antenna. Why would consumers even go for it? Cuz it is like a small home theatre type of unit that can do almost anything? Let's just get that extra $50 out of the consumer....
If you are going to produce a product like this and then market it to me as XM ready, all I want to do is make a phone call to activate the XM. If you are going to make these products then give it ALL to me. Especially for $600. It better make me pizza and beer to go with that DVD player...
Posted by: peter manny at April 19, 2005 02:14 PM
Yeah. Most people already have all these things minus the XM and HD radios.
$650 is extremely steep for a HD/XM player that won't even be able to move from my house
Posted by: jim at April 19, 2005 04:35 PM
