Alienware DHS 2 - A/V Component-Sized MCE 2005 PC

Slim, silver, and beautiful is how one can describe Alienware’s latest DHS 2 A/V component-sized entertainment PC. Running Window Media Center Edition 2005 this powerful PC features a Intel P4 processor (2.8 – 3.6GHz) or 2.53GHz Celeron, built-in 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/RW CD-R drive, front panel controls (play, pause, fast forward, skip, rewind), PCI-Express 915 chipset, up to 4GB of RAM, dual TV tuners, built-in 802.11g, and up to 250GB hard drive. And to top it all off, Alienware has licensed and installed DISCover Console Technology that allow users to drop in PC games and instantly boot them as if they were using a gaming console like an Xbox.
Other cool features include: InfoPanel Series 2 — provides you with the real-time information like what channel your watching to the name of the DVD or music track so you won’t have to use your TV’s on-screen display to know what’s going on. And every possible A/V connector you could ever want: front panel connections for 8 different types of media cards, USB 2.0, 4-pin FireWire/1349a, Analog video in from your camcorder and headphone in and out. On the rear you have connectors for up to two TV standard definition TV tuners, IR control ports for two set top boxes, modem, 5 different video outputs and 9 different audio outputs.
* Prices start at $1,399 and are available to order now (expected shipping date December 24th).

December 2nd, 2004 at 7:55 am
This Media Center looks nice, I would be more interested if I could get it with an AMD 64
Alister