The flagship AVR 740 features some typical high-end features such as video upconverting, dual-HDMI inputs, a Faroudja DCDi processor and universal remote with LCD display.
Since the days of Alan Turing, the promise of a digital computer has been that of a universal machine, one that can be a word processor one minute and a robot brain the next.
With three international patents pending, the API uses a universal payments interface, meaning that it works with any payment processor, in any currency, in the world.
There's an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium III processor and a hard drive, and the game controllers connect to the unit via the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology that's typical of most PCs.