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HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)
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HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Features
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Powerful multimedia desktop with TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), personal video recording functionality, and programming guide
2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ dual-core processor, 500 GB SATA hard drive, 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), 16x LightScribe DVD drive
Connectivity: 6 USB, 2 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 composite A/V digital audio output, surround sound speaker output, 15-in-1 memory card reader
Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 video card with up to 288 MB shared memory, 10/100 Ethernet
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
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Additional HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Information
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HP M8100N Pavilion Media Center TV Desktop PC. The HP Pavilion Media Center TV desktop PC is designed and built for your digital life. Take control of your digital entertainment with a PC that helps you consolidate, organize, and play your favorite TV shows, movies, music, photos and videos. A built in drive bay fits an optional HP Personal Media Drive, for up to 500GB of additional storage that you can carry with you when you go /sold separately. The HP Media Center Remote Control provides access to your digital music, photos, and videos from across the room. The front panel 15 in 1 memory card reader makes it easy to transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices. The SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe technology lets you create custom, silkscreen quality labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe enabled CD and DVD discs. The built in TV tuner and personal video recorder /PVR/ let you watch, pause, rewind, and record live television on your Media Center PC with no monthly fee. A free online Electronic Program Guide /EPG/ lets you review the TV schedule and choose a single episode or an entire series, so you can watch your favorite shows on your own time, at your own convenience. You can store many hours of digital video on the ultra large hard drive. The Windows Vista Home Premium operating system is the preferred edition for home desktop PCs. With extensive digital entertainment features, expanded search capabilities and the fluid, three dimensional Windows Aero user interface, it provides a truly extraordinary user experience.
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What Customers Say About HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium):
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64 bit is nice but some programs still don't run on 64 bit Vista. The additions are what make it a killer machine.
Over the last year, I upgraded the RAM to 4GB, Put in a Blu-ray ROM DVD, added a HP personal media drive, a 650 Watt BFG PS and a Nvidia 9800GTX+. This machine has performed flawlessly and is my pride and joy.
I've had this model for quite some time and have upgraded it with ease. Best money that I have ever spent on a system of this caliber.
I also configured the HDs to RAID 0 and this machine can handle anything I throw at it. I originally bought it for $550 at Office Depot and got a $50 rebate.
I love this computer.It still gives me a 5.5 score for the RAM as my lowest score and all others are 5.9, but I'm running the 32 bit version of Vista and it won't recognize more than that. I'm happy with this as my main computer.
I've owned my HP Pavilion Media Center M8100N Desktop PC for about a year. A good proof of that is the phrase "The incredibly huge 500 GB Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive" and also the "top-of-class 667 MHz speed (memory)" that you can read in the computer's description. The HP Personal Media Drives are very expensive compared to a larger internal SATA drive. I installed (with great dificulty because of the small case) a super fast Nvidia Graphics Card in the computer's 1 available PCI x16 Express slot, (as well as upgrading the tiny 300 watt power supply to 550 watts) and now I can play any game with ultra smooth graphics.My one gripe about the M8100N PC is that it's really hard to upgrade because they really crammed everything in there with very little room to spare. It was the right computer at the right time for the right price. I was going to upgrade the internal hard drive to 1TB, but I'd have to take half of the computer apart just to get to the old drive. I was fortunate enough to purchase a refurbished unit on Amazon for MUCH less than the $1000 bucks they sell for now. Also, the huge (and still empty) "Personal Media Drive" bay takes up valuable space when you're trying to upgrade anything inside the computer, and it's completely worthless as far as I'm concerned.
I opted for a Seagate FreeAgent 1TP external drive instead, and it's great.If you're seriously thinking about buying this model now, (in 2009) take a really good look at the other HP Pavilion Media Center Desktop PC's Amazon has to offer. This one was pretty nice about 14 months ago, especially for the greatly reduced price, but now it's outdated. I wish they had left it out, and just given us another internal SATA drive bay instead.Also, the computer comes with 3GB of ram, and in the description it says "that's a good start, but you'll want to add more RAM to handle today's demanding multimedia and gaming software" However, the computer is preloaded with 32 bit Windows Vista Home Premium, which can only handle a max of 3.5GB, so don't waste your money on a ram upgrade to enjoy the "enormous 8 GB maximum RAM capacity" anytime soon.All-in-all, and any more gripes aside, this rig has given me countless hours of enjoyment and I'm still glad I bought it. Another 6 months or so, I'll be looking for a newer and faster gaming PC.
I have had this m8100n for over 1 year now and have loved every minute of it. I have yet to upgrade my RAM from 3gb to 6gb or even 8gb but so far the speed has remained awesome with the assistance of Norton 360 to help with the tuning and protection of my PC - a MUST. I have just recently replaced the video card with and ATI upgrade for its 1080p upscale with HDMI connection and WOW. Using my LCD big screen as a secondary monitor it as added a whole new level to my media collection. My next project is to hook up a killer surround sound through my PC to use its abililties to improve my setup even more. I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS PC.
Would purchase again if I had to do it over. Have been using this for 8 months now. HP makes a great machine. The TV tuner is awesome, the machine is fast and I haven't noticed any of the crashes or lags that so many Vista users complain about.perhaps that's b/c Microsoft has put out the 1st Service Pack for Vista or perhaps the complainers weren't using a proper hardware configuration (i.e. not enough RAM or Video memory).
so far so good. i haven't had a chance to use it too much, i have been on vacation for two weeks, but i have had no problems. it works fast and is easy to understand. it really is not that different than my last computer.
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