There’s not much this Cambridge SoundWorks i765 radio can’t do. It’s an iPod dock. It’s a clock radio with alarm. Its slot-loading CD player also plays DVDs to an attached TV. It looks like a nice all-in-one solution for small apartments or dorms.
But here’s the thing: it’s $500. And that’s before you buy a little LCD panel to go along with the DVD player. While I’m sure it sounds better than a laptop’s speakers, it seems like it would be almost as cheap to buy a little laptop and some nice speakers. You’d only lose the AM/FM radio, but you’d gain, you know, a computer.
Ah well. It should get much cheaper in a year or so. These sorts of dock/radios always drop to more realistic prices surprisingly quickly.
Cambridge SoundWorks i765: The ultimate all-in-one tabletop AV system? [Crave.CNET.com]
Well, $500 isn’t too outrageous, Cambridge Soundworks’ bedside radios have always been $300+. Integrating the DVD player seems convenient for a lot of bedroom installations. This isn’t competing with a laptop, it’s competing with one competitor that rhymes with blows, and I bet it’s better in every way besides marketing.