Okoro Media Systems has launched their Blu-Ray Series Media Center PCs. The OMS-BX100 and OMS-BX300 sport Core 2 Duo processors, 1080p output, HDCP encryption compatibility, 2GB RAM, dual analog tuners and obviously Blu-ray drives. Starting at the not-so-cheap price of $2,995, the OMS-BX100 has a Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0 GHz), 500GB of storage, optional HDTV tuner, ATI Radeon X1600 with 256MB and Dolby Digital audio. The taller OMS-BX300 ups those specs to a Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.13 GHz), 1TB of storage, dual HDTV tuners, Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT and DTS Digital audio. Both can easily climb to $4,500+ with cool upgrades such as a touch screen front panel and up to 3 TB of storage.

If you are a cable customer, we still recommend that you wait for manufacturers like Okoro and others to come out with Vista-based units that include CableCARD support. That way you can record Dexter on Showtime and Monday Night Football on ESPN rather than just being limited to OTA HDTV. Besides, as these specs become commonplace in the next six months, prices will drop.

Both ship in December.

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