AMEX DIGITAL Introduces Worlds First Blu-ray disc recorder AV Center

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Wow, does this look cool. It's an HTPC with not just a Blu-Ray player, but it's a RECORDER as well! In addition, it's got some seriously killer specs:

• Intel® Core 2 Duo 64bit Processor
• 4GB DDR2 RAM
• 1.5TB (SATA Supported) Hard Disk Drive
• Integrated ATI X1600 with Full HD 1080P HDMI out
• Dual Hybrid digital TV turner with PIP (Picture in Picture)
• $2,000 and they even throw in a free Blu-Ray disc of your choice!
• 100/1000 Base-T LAN and 802.11bg Wi-Fi networking
• Microsoft® Windows® Multimedia Centre Edition 2005

Incredible! I would love to have one of these. It brings up a couple questions for me though:

• Can you record HD into it? can I get HD content from my Comcast cable box onto this thing?
• A very compelling product like this makes the format war all the more obnoxious - who knows who's going to win? I'm not going to commit on a device like this until there is some certainty about the next gen formats.
• On the subject of the format war, how modular is this thing? Could the BD drive be replaced with an HD-DVD drive?
• I haven't actually used MS Media Center, but I'm a bit skeptical about it..

Read the whole press release
Thanks to Engadget!