Reviewed on May 22, 2007The Plextor PX-HDTV500U Mini Digital HDTV Receiver provides a cheap and easy way to watch and record HDTV on your PC. We recommend this compact tuner and antenna kit particularly for laptops that feature Microsoft's Media Center app.TAGS:Plextor, antenna, Media Center PC, stand, HDTV, TV Tuner, app, laptop computer, USB, Microsoft Windows Vista, TV, PC
Reviewed on January 6, 2008If you're a home theater PC owner looking for the perfect input device, look no further. Logitech has melded the keyboard of a BlackBerry with a flexible cursor control pad into an attractive, coffee-table-ready package that will let you master your HTPC without cluttering up your living room with clunky hardware.TAGS:home theater PC, Logitech, keyboard, pad, digital music, Media Center PC, mouse, Bluetooth, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPod, PC, Microsoft Windows
Reviewed on September 7, 2007HP's new digital-media-oriented Pavilion Elite m9040n is fast, loaded with features, and its new looks and newly integrated receivers improve its profile. Our main issue is the redundant bays for two of HP's proprietary external hard drives. If you can get past that, there's a solid desktop here.TAGS:HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, digital media, wireless networking, quad-core, HP, Media Center PC, video card, TV, hard drive
Reviewed on November 9, 2005Hauppauge's WinTV-PVR-500 MCE is a good choice if you want to record two programs simultaneously, but it assumes you have a Media Center remote and the correct decoding software.TAGS:Hauppauge, TV Tuner, FM-radio, Media Center PC, card, TV, connection
Reviewed on August 1, 2006The GrandTec Ultimate Wireless offers some potentially useful video-conversion ports in its base unit, but the wireless output is composite video only, which greatly limits its appeal.TAGS:signal, Media Center PC, video, TV, solution, PC, monitor
Reviewed on September 25, 2007The Toshiba Gigabeat T400 is a stellar performer that is crippled by a pitifully small amount of storage. If you can live with just 4GB of storage, the Gigabeat T400 offers brilliant audio fidelity, and a convenient way for Windows Media Center users to take a bite-size portion of their TV, movie, music, and photo collection on the go.TAGS:Gigabeat, Toshiba, WMA, Media Center PC, FM-radio, Apple iPod Nano, Windows Media, MP3 player, Apple iPod, photograph, video, MP3, Microsoft Windows