Yes, it was released, it's basically a PC. I have no clue how loud it is, but from what I saw it only has a couple cooling fans so probably simiar to a PC in noise.
Iceberg, from what I saw, there were only like 500 units for the first shipment.
Edit:
Actually some of the people who have them report is sounds about as loud as a PC, but only has like a 200 watt powersupply. I'm not sure with that little a PS, how you could honestly use all the tuner slots and features at the same time effectively. It's a bit pricey for me and I don't really like the whole size of it. It won't fit in my setup well. If the darn 8000 would get blindscan I'd be all over that unit.