Enough is enough. A fireplace does not need an iPod dock, no matter what. There is just no reason for it to exist, and it turns what in theory could be a classy addition to your living room into a cheap fad-chaser. No matter how nice something looks (not that this fireplace looks all that nice), the addition of an iPod dock makes it look cheaper, crappier and less desirable.
There, I said it. Now quit slapping iPod docks on everything under the sun, manufacturers. I'll keep writing about it if you don't stop, but I won't like it.
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This is definitely going to replace my Intellivision activated faux waterfall.
I just had my iPod dock surgically implanted.
Unless that set includes an IR repeater, that dock will not work too well stashed behind the enclosure off to the side of the fireplace.
I'm trying to think something and write down but this is just so stupid that I can't figure out what to comment.
"Hmmmm... I designed a really nice looking fireplace, but it's missing something. I'm just going to stand back here and look at it for a moment. Ahhhh yes! It's missing white speaker grills! At first my attention would be drawn to the fire, but with white speaker grills attention will be drawn to them! Genius!"
What they didn't mention is that the fire pulses with the beat of the music. Ingenious!!!
I don't know how close I'd want to be to a glorious pit of fire when my girlfriend's iPod starts polluting my ears with tunes from her Clay Aiken collection.
It is NEVER ENOUGH!
I just pre-ordered a new dog that has an iPod dock so when it barks, it plays select tunes!
I'll just stick with the ilawnmower.
ipod + fireplace =
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/ipod-nano-explodes-duri...
Wow. That is just tacky. Those garish speakers on the front could have AT LEAST been the same color as the fireplace. EW. It's so gross I am going to have to blog about it.
I hate ipod docks so much
I will die one day and when I do that, I would have died without ever putting my paws on that white plastic piece called the iPod. It is now a religion. Whatever it can do, will do, won't do, should do, might do, could do, does, I don't care. I don't want to be a part of the mania. I will start a church - The church of latter day iPodians. These are people who used the iPod and quit. The pastor would be me, because I am the only one who has never used an iPod ever. We will concoct rain dances so that pox may rain on all the iPoders. iPod is the lamest name for a product. i + Pod = i + Feet. Amen. Mine stink.
The fireplace is too much, I'll admit, but I just bought the iPod dock-equipped blazer from Express that everyone here was making fun of a couple weeks back, and it truly rules. If you're gonna put an iPod dock in something, *make it completely undetectable by a casual observer* the way those guys did. The controls rock, and the cable management system is a dream.
You're not the only one who's never used an iPod. Neither have I.
@Geisrud, @ashwinmudigonda
You're not alone, I have never touched an iPod either. Although, I should check every single item in my house because something has to have an iPod dock it in, maybe its my sump pump.
Manufacturers, iPods aren't the only MP3 Video player? What about making it from the Creative Zen players?
Damnit!!! My sump pump DOES have an iPod dock!
http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spodte6.jpg
(i should a monkeyprize for this one)
If you think this is bad because its got an ipod dock in it, you chould check out the OTHER fireplaces on the product page. This one is a dream compared to the ones without it!
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