If you've got a home theater PC, there's a good chance it's on all the time. Even if it hibernates or sleeps when you're not using it, the PC can run at all hours of the day and night as it records shows, downloads updates or runs video compression routines. That can be bad for your energy bill and the environment.
While Lenovo's new ThinkCentre A61e PC looks a bit like a VCR from 1987, it might be worth considering as the basis for a media center PC. The low-power machine reportedly runs pretty quiet and has extremely low power consumption. In fact, you can even get an optional solar panel to provide energy for your PC the natural way. The machine is also constructed using up to 90 percent recycled materials and shipped with up to 90 percent recycled packaging.
The A61e comes in low power AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor and AMD single core Sempron varieties. Prices start at $399, but you'll need to slap a TV tuner in there, and perhaps beef up the hard drive in order to make a good PVR out of this PC.
While Lenovo's new ThinkCentre A61e PC looks a bit like a VCR from 1987, it might be worth considering as the basis for a media center PC. The low-power machine reportedly runs pretty quiet and has extremely low power consumption. In fact, you can even get an optional solar panel to provide energy for your PC the natural way. The machine is also constructed using up to 90 percent recycled materials and shipped with up to 90 percent recycled packaging.
The A61e comes in low power AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor and AMD single core Sempron varieties. Prices start at $399, but you'll need to slap a TV tuner in there, and perhaps beef up the hard drive in order to make a good PVR out of this PC.
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9-12-2007 @ 7:45PM
JJ Hawkins said...
That just might be the ugliest home theater component I've ever seen. Seriously. Where do you insert the Betamax tapes?
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9-13-2007 @ 9:31AM
Mark G said...
umm, I don't think so. Vista MC while nice to look at, is a resource hog. Integrated video is just not good enough. As well, I highly doubt this business class pc, has digtial audio out, or even a 5.1/6.1/7.1 integrated sound card.
upgrade vid card - if possible
upgrade Hard Drive
add sound card
add tuner card
better off getting a low end HP, or building yourself
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