Reviewed on July 11, 2007The HP Pavilion Media Center m8120n boasts a quad-core Intel processor and outstanding overall performance, particularly for the price. Media consumers and creators alike will love its speed and AV connections but may rue the lack of a next-gen optical drive.TAGS:quad-core, HP Pavilion, Media Center PC, PCI, HP, slot, video card, TV, hard drive, PC, video, games
Reviewed on August 6, 2007Sony's distinctive, midrange VAIO TP1 Living Room PC trades performance and features for its cutesy appearance. Unless you really like the looks of this Roomba-like PC you can find a much better deal from a variety of standard desktop PCs.TAGS:Sony Vaio, Velocity Micro, Sony Corp., Dell Inspiron, HP Pavilion, Intel Core 2 Duo, PC, Apple iTunes, TV, HP
Reviewed on October 28, 2004HDTV-ready jumbo LCDs are certainly worth buying (if you have the cash), but HP also sells a cheaper, more adjustable, and better-performing alternative to the f2304, the L2335.TAGS:HP, Media Center PC, speakers, multimedia, display, TV, entertainment, LCD, monitor, video, PC
Reviewed on April 2, 2007HP combines a new, elegant, black color scheme with a strong parts selection in this retail update to its Pavilion Media Center Desktop.TAGS:HP Pavilion, HP, hard drive, TV, DVD, video, PC
Reviewed on March 14, 2008HP's Pavilion Elite m9100t is an expensive, fully featured desktop that doesn't quite have enough personality to distinguish it from its competitors at Dell. Between that missing personality and some poor design choices from HP, we can't get too excited about this desktop.TAGS:HP Pavilion, HP, TV Tuner, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, TV, Intel, CPU, hard drive, PC
Reviewed on November 17, 2006With all the talk of HD video, you might scratch your head when you learn that HP's Digital Entertainment Center z560 only has a standard-definition DVD player. But when you learn what else it has and that its price is pretty reasonable, you might not care. This is a perfect home theater PC for riding out the HD format wars.TAGS:Digital Equipment Corp., home theater PC, HP, output, HDMI, Media Center PC, video card, LCD, PC, TV, DVD, video, Microsoft Windows
September 10, 2005Company demonstrates new television tech that will let users directly access digital entertainment content stored on their PCs.TAGS:HP, digital media, TV, HDTV, display, LCD, entertainment, PC, video
August 27, 2004Hewlett-Packard brands its own version of Apple's music player and introduces a line of consumer products.TAGS:HP, music player, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, TV, PC