PC Magazine Rates Niveus Rainier Media Center PC: 4.5 out of 5
By Alexander Grundner |
October 30th, 2006
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Congrats to Niveus Media! Not only is their new set-top MCE PC a sexy looking product (and a replacement to their award winning AVX Media Center), the Rainier Edition has got the goods under the hood that will please the most critical of A/V enthusiasts who are looking for performance, silence and a well balanced feature-set.
Some of the features that impressed the PC Magazine reviewer:
- Use of Intel’s notebook-class Core 2 Duo T7200 processor for keeping the PC running cool
- Use of aircraft-grade aluminum in its enclosure which doubles as a heat sink
- Integration of ATI’s Radeon HD capable X1600 Pro graphics card
- HD DVD disc reader
- Well laid out A/V receiver-like plug back panel (7.1 surround sound, HDMI, VGA, etc.)
- Generous 750GB internal storage for 80 hours of recorded HDTV content
- Dual NTSC tuners, and single ATSC/HDTV tuner
The only drawback, really, of this computer is its price ($3,499 base - $5,499 as reviewed), but as the reviewer states: “Sure, it is a bit expensive, but like other luxury items, it’s worth the cost for the people who care about quality.” Very true. It’s definitely not your standard cookie-cutter PC, and the more you research it, the more things you’ll find that set it apart for the rest.
November 7th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Hey Alexander,
Given that this PC does not have one either, when are we going to start to see cablecard enabled vista machines given that Vista finally has a release date?