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, TV, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC
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, wireless networking, digital media, quad-core, HP, video card, Media Center PC, TV, hard drive
Reviewed on November 10, 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 February 8, 2006The Plextor ConvertX PVR is an affordable USB TV tuner with a decent software bundle, but its performance is less than stellar.TAGS:SageTV, Plextor, Ulead, TV Tuner, Media Center PC, TV, USB, video, PC, DVD
Reviewed on August 2, 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, TV, solution, video, PC, monitor