Late last night Tranquil PC announced their newest computer, the T7-MP2 Media Center PC.
The latest Media Centre Player from Tranquil, the T7-MP2
Need a tiny, low power, almost silent, reliable and affordable Media Centre?
Welcome to the T7-MP2 Media Player. A minimalist, yet powerful addition to your TV experience bringing HD Video and Audio to the big screen.
- Powered by the ION chipset from Nvidia, you can now enjoy HD movies etc with ease
- Intel dual core Atom CPU ensures low energy consumption with excellent performance
- Near silent operation – there are no fans to be heard, or suck in dust
- Integrated Media Centre Receiver and Media Centre remote control
- Tiny foot print – the size of a hard back book
- Connect to almost any screen, HDMI (1.3) – DVI or VGA
and almost any audio player HDMI – SPDIF (Coax or Optical) – Analog - Expand storage with 6x rear USB2 ports and 1x eSATA port
- Built in WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and GigaLAN interface
- Desirable quality – made from all extruded aluminium parts
- Ideal for Media Centre Playback of your media files, web browsing etc
or Live TV / Recorded TV playback, or CD/DVD/BluRay playback – via optional USB devices - Runs Windows 7 Home Premium with Media Centre + IP TV services
- Optional VESA TV bracket, to mount the T7-MP2 on the back of your large screen TV
(75×75, 100×100 or 200x100mm VESA mount points)
- Enjoy new IP services from :
SKY Player* – BBC iPlayer** – ITV Player – Channel 4 Watch Online – FIVE Demand – etc
(* Sky Player requires a standard (dish) SKY Subscription or a Sky on demand subscription)
(** BBC HD is also available. To enjoy any IPTV services (broadcast TV) legally, you must have a TV licence)
Enjoy all of your Media to the FULL with the T7-MP2
It’s a tiny, almost silent, very high quality Media Centre that will be appreciated by those with any eye for detail and who want to enjoy the media, without any disruption or interruption of background noise. With support for playback of most Audio / Video formats, incl MKV High Definition Video, you can now enjoy what you want, when you want it !
The complete spec is:
Unit dimensions : 387 (w) x 356 (d) x 66 (h) mm
Unit construction : Aluminium and steel (typically >70% recycled materials)
System heat sink : Aluminium with custom heat pipe cooling system (TranCool3)
CPU : 64 bit ready Dual Core Intel Atom D510 (2 x 1.6GHz)
Chipset : Nvidia ION
Graphics : Nvidia GeForce 9xxx (up to 1920 x 1440)
Memory : 2x DDR2 667/800MHz (up to 4GB)
HDDs : 1x or 2x 2.5″ SATA
Colour options : Satin Black
Front panel : Power switch and Power / HDD activity LEDs / IR RX (suitable for All MCE remotes, not MCE keyboard)
Rear panel : 12V DC power in / 6x USB2.0 / 10.100.1000 LAN / Audio In / Audio Out / Mic In / COAX SPDIF / TOSLINK SPDIF / PS2 / HDMI / DVI / VGA / eSATA / WiFi / Power in
Weight : Base unit (nett) 4Kg
Power supply : External AC/DC with country specific power cord
Working temp : Maximum 48’C ambient
Mounting options :Desk or Wall
Power consumption : from 21W (base unit)
Acoustics : 17dBA (incl 1x HDD) or 0dBA with SSHDD
Software :
Windows 7 Home Premium
IP TV Add Ins
Video Decoder pack (incl MKV HD video)
And the cost for this little gem, £479 plus VAT.
For more information, and to pre-order, click here: http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/
We should have one for review soon, so watch this space.
This is a sweet device. Thanks for pointing it out and I cant wait for the review. I think I might have to get one of these if its available in the US.
🙂 I cant wait to get my hands on one as well – I've been talking to Tranquil about it for a little while now, but obviously I couldnt say anything…..
I think they can ship to the US? Or I can bring one over on my next visit 🙂
Andrew
Looks like a great spec, but the lack of an integrated optical drive and no native keyboard support is a concern. I just wonder now that W7 imbedded has been released, if any of the "media player" manufacturers will take it up and we will see a continuation of the convergence between network players and HTPCs (to the detriment of the latter). I would be happy with a network player that "just worked" as I rarely use my HTPC for net surfing or other apps, however, it is usually the codec support and level of DNLA compliance which steers me back to the HTPC. Someone will get all the ducks lined up one day.