AlienWare Media Center

[LoudMusic]

http://www.alienware.com/main/media_center.asp

Have any of you looked at these? Or considered building a Media Center PC? Stormy mentions this in his latest HookUp over at PA. I'm just curious of everyone's thoughts on the topic. I think it would be pretty cool to have the AlienWare NavigatorExtreme hooked up to my TV, but that's kind of pricey.

 

[rjensen11]

It might just be cheaper and better to build your own... Get a 200GB HDD or maybe 2 80GB ones, get an ATI All In One, or whatever it is that supports video-in. Then you use the SVideo out to your TV, you can network music, and if you get a good soundcard, possibly hook it up to your reciever. Also, you have the option to either have a small case, possibly a quiet cooling unit, and you can customize its appearance. Oh yeah, adding a 10/100/1000 ethernet card wouldn't be a horrible move either, or maybe a 10/100, those are pretty cheap and efficient

 

[Solid Fro]

IMO, I wouldn't bother with these "media" PC's or Alienware. You can build a regular, more powerful tower PC with a TV Tuner card hundreds of dollars less than what Alienware is offering. Alienware's cases might look cool, but you could buy that Chieftec case anywhere and paint the case and the peripherals yourself.

 

[epic]

I bought this one www.tigertv.com its such a great deal I think. Havent had any errors with it yet. Only had it for 4 months so maybe its waiting to take a **** on me or something. Dont get the Intel one though, it sucks.

 

[rjensen11]

I'd make my own, with the stuff mentioned above, plus either a Xeon processor or an AMD, probably a Xeon, or possibly dual-xeon, yeah, that would be the ultimate beaste!