Gizmodo: ecs

PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker

Dan Nosowitz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

We see PC guts stuffed into vessels not normally associated with technology all the time, but they're always the product of a bored hacker, tinkering away in his free time. This PC-in-a-vase, however, was designed by ECS, a little-known but assuredly real company.

It's actually not a bad little system for a low-powered (some would say under-powered) home theater PC. It's got the Atom 230 system, a 2.5-inch HDD of unspecified capacity, a Blu-Ray drive, 1GB of RAM and HDMI out, all in one diminutive, delicate package. If you've got the kind of living room where a vase would seem less out of place than a HTPC (that excludes mine), it's a pretty cool idea. No word on price or availability, as it's probably just a proof of concept. [via Engadget]

G10IL Takes on the Eee PC: Is it Getting Crowded in Here?

Sean Fallon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:15:31 EDT

If you were claustrophobic and sitting in a room filled with all of the competitors trying to step to Asustek's Eee PC—you would be freaking out right now. This time, the wannable comes in the form of the G10IL PC from Taiwanese manufactuerer Elitegroup Computer Systems. Users can expect Intel's new Atom processors, an 8.9 or 10.2-inch screen, up to 2GB of RAM, 7.2Mbps mobile broadband (HSPA) connectivity and your choice of the XP or Linux OS.

Other features include: SSD or HDD (depending on model), 3 USB 2.0 ports, an embedded 1.3-megapixel web camera, ethernet and modem jacks, WLAN and Bluetooth and a 4-in-1 card reader. Plus it has a look that Apple fans might dig. Sounds pretty good, but we won't know until April how it compares in one of the most important categories—price. [Laptoping via Crave]

ECS "Smart Neck" Laptop Comes with Swiveling Screen

Louis Ramirez — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:44:10 EDT

Hanover is gonna see the world's first swiveling laptop screen when ECS debuts its new G Series laptops at CeBit in the next few days. It won't be the first laptop we've seen with a height adjustable screen, but it will be the first to have a screen that can be tilted or swiveled around in a full circle. My only requirement is that the screen be sturdy (like the Flybook's). Otherwise it'd be impossible to work with a wobbly display. – Louis Ramirez

ECS Announce Four New Laptop Ranges [Pocket Lint via Mobile Mag]

ECS Our Room PC: Home Theater in One Box

Charlie White — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:40:27 EST

The ECS "Our Room PC" (ORPC) is an all-encompassing take on the home theater PC where the idea is to put everything in one box, including a PC, DVD player and recorder, a PVR, and a 24-bit audio system. It's marketed as a media server, and has a Viiv-compliant Intel Pentium D processor with the 945G chipset inside running Windows Media Center. It's also packing a SATA hard drive moving data at a rate upwards of 100MB per second, giving you plenty of bandwidth for HDTV. Pricing was not announced, but ECS said at CeBIT the unit would be available later this month.

Is it us, or does this look like an old VHS machine? And we also must add, until these devices have a CableCard or two inside, they're not going to be all that useful.

The ultimate home digital entertainment hub [ubergizmo]