Disney has launched a $900 kids' PC, called the Disney Dream Desk. Looks like complete poo. While the mouse-ears on the wildly overpriced $300 CRT monitor are vaguely cute, the system lacks any of the industrial-design whimsy of the old Disney VCR and TV, which geniuinely appeared to belong in a Disney theme park.
What's more, Disney's Unique Sales Propositions for their PC is that it comes with censorware that will keep your children from looking at porn (and about one-third of the sites that deal well with concepts covered in the common curriculum, oops), and some DRMed-up make-your-own-Disney-video software. Snore.
Oh and it comes with a mouse. Hardy har har.
(Thanks, Scotto!)
Update: Benoit sez, "The monitor is actually a flat panel LCD. It looks like a CRT in that picture you have but that's actually the computer tower placed behind the LCD."
Update 2: Chris sez, "There is no DRM used in the video software. The videos are saved as standard AVIs. In fact, this is the first time we have ever allowed guests to combine their personal videos with our characters and it was a big step for us to do so. We don't know of any other major entertainment company that has done this either. I would think you would applaude us for taking a leadership position here."
