R2-D2 Home Entertainment System
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
This is the droid you’re looking for
OK, so this isn’t strictly a post on Digital TV, but when we heard this news story, we decided that it would be criminal not to go with it.
Remote control toy manufacturer NIKKO recently unveiled a commercial version of their R2-D2 home cinema system at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. A built in projector is mounted in the ‘eye’ at the top of his head, allowing for DVDs and digital photographs to be shown at a resolution of 800 x 600. An iPod dock is mounted into R2’s front, with an FM broadcast function, and best of all, you can direct him around your living room using the Millennium Falcon-shaped remote control, making him spin around 360 degrees, allowing you to project images and films virtually anywhere.
The droid, pictured, was shown off at the last CES, but was only a prototype - due to the huge amount of interest received, NIKKO tweaked the design to make it more consumer friendly. On sale now on Play.com your very own the R2 unit is available for several million Republic Credits, which converts to around £2,000.
