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Alienware Hangar18

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:57:52 -0400

The Alienware Hangar18 is a home theater PC that simplifies your home theater by integrating all of the typical high-end media center components in one unit. Most notably, the Hanger18 has a HDMI output, and a built-in 5.1 surround amplifier eliminating the need for an A/V receiver.

The Hanger18 includes the functionality of a modern PVR including watching, pausing, and rewinding live television, and the functionality of an advanced media player such as pictures, music, video, and Internet content. The system comes pre-configured by Alienware to eliminate software and hardware compatibility issues. Also, the player supports the necessary copy protection schemes on its video playback.

The standard unit ships with two tuner cards (1 analog, 1 digital/HD), and can be upgraded to have a total of four (2 analog, 2 digital/HD). With four tuner cards it's possible to record 4 TV shows at once. You can also view live TV while recording up to 3 shows. Video is stored on the included 250 GB hard drive that optionally upgraded to a much larger 2 TB drive. The 2 TB drive can store hundreds of hours of HD content.

A/V output is often one of the areas where most PCs are lacking. The Hangar18 features a similar amount of AV ports that you'd find on any modern home theater device, alongside the usual ports found on a modern computer.

The system ships with high end processor and video components making it a capable PC gaming machine as well. Windows Vista Premium comes standard, so all modern games should work properly alongside all of the media capabilities that are built into the Media Center program.

The unit doesn't ship with any kind of gaming controllers, but does ship with a custom remote control. The remote features all of the buttons necessary to control the media playback, and includes gyro-control which lets you move the cursor on the screen by tilting the remote, replacing a traditional mouse.

List of Audio/Visual ports

HDMI with HDCP
S-Video out
Component
Optical audio out
5 speaker audio out, with dedicated subwoofer port
Composite in
Stereo audio in

List of computer ports

4 USB 2.0 ports
1 Firewire
Gigabit ethernet
B/G wireless

Feature specifications

Standard 250GB hard drive, up to 2TB optional
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual core processor
Up to 4GB of RAM
nVidia graphics card, standard is 720p output with an optional card for FullHD 1080p

Shuttle XPC M2000

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:05:20 -0400

A media center PC that will be right at home in your living room. Based on an Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz CPU coupled with great A/V connectivity, this machine will handle media tasks with ease. Makes use of Intel's Viiv technology.

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Sony Vaio XL2

Tue, 30 May 2006 01:22:03 -0400

Type: Media, Digital Entertainment System Processor Family: Intel 9 Series (Pentium D) Installed RAM: 1024 MB Hard Drive Capacity: 320 GB RAID: Yes Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 6600 GT Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW

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Niveus Media Center Denali Edition

Thu, 25 May 2006 13:19:56 -0400

Quick Specs: Pentium Dual Core, 1GB 533Mhz DDR2 SDRAM, .5 Terabyte HDD, Slot Load Progressive Scan Dual Layer DVD Recorder, Dual TV Tuner, Single HDTV, Nvidia GF6600GT PCI Express, 24-bit/192Khz High Definition 8-Channel Audio & Windows XP MCE 2005 with HDTV

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Iomega ScreenPlay 360GB

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:19:33 -0400

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High capacity storage for your media collection!

Enjoy the convenience of watching digital files on your home theatre or TV without being connected to the computer! The Iomega® ScreenPlay™ 360GB Multimedia drive is a cost-effective high quality multimedia player, plus high capacity storage for your media collections of photos, videos and music files. In a compact, sleek black style to complement your home theatre system, the ScreenPlay Multimedia drive is compatible with the latest media formats such as MP3, AC3 (Dolby® Digital Encoding), WAV, MPEG-1; MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB); MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG.

Key Features:

Convenient - Enjoy watching digital files on your home theatre or TV without being connected to the computer
Cost Effective – Multimedia player/hard drive storage
Large Capacity – For photos, video or music files
Compact – Enclosure complements Home Theatre (remote control fits in the bottom of the drive)
Audio Media Formats - MP3, AC3 (Dolby® Digital Encoding) and WAV
Video Media Formats - MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
Photo Formats - JPEG

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Iomega ScreenPlay 500 GB

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:25 -0400

High capacity storage for your media collection!

Enjoy the convenience of watching digital files on your home theatre or TV without being connected to the computer! The Iomega® ScreenPlay™ 500GB Multimedia drive is a cost-effective high quality multimedia player, plus high capacity storage for your media collections of photos, videos and music files. In a compact, sleek black style to complement your home theatre system, the ScreenPlay Multimedia drive is compatible with the latest media formats such as MP3, AC3 (Dolby® Digital Encoding), WAV, MPEG-1; MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB); MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG.

Key Features:

Convenient - Enjoy watching digital files on your home theatre or TV without being connected to the computer
Cost Effective – Multimedia player/hard drive storage
Large Capacity – For photos, video or music files
Compact – Enclosure complements Home Theatre (remote control fits in the bottom of the drive)
Audio Media Formats - MP3, AC3 (Dolby® Digital Encoding) and WAV
Video Media Formats - MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
Photo Formats - JPEG

What You Get

Iomega ScreenPlay™ Multimedia 500GB Drive
One remote control
One power supply
One USB cable
One composite video cable
One component video cable
One Solutions CD containing:
Quick Install Guide
One year warranty

Acer Aspire IDEA 500

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:58:54 -0400

Powered by an Intel Core Duo T2300 processor, this Media Center PC is strong on both looks and performance. Other bonuses include, Intel Viiv technology, a 250GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, flash card reader, and HDMI/DVI/S-Video output. The IDEA 500 is priced at $1700, no word yet on availability.

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Blueado mini m5e Sport Edition

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:56:48 -0400

Enjoy recording HDTV in stylish simplicity. Just 4.2 inches tall and 7.8 wide, Blueado mini m5e Sport Edition lets you enjoy full 5.1 surround sound HDTV television, organize your music, photos and movies, and connect securely to several online services. Enjoy this all on your new HDTV television or any TV sold in America, with the included universal remote.

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