HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n Desktop PC

HP Updated: 2007-09-17

Want to be able to consolidate, organize, and enjoy movies, music, TV shows, photos, and videos? You can take charge of your digital entertainment, listening, and viewing when you want, with the Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n.

Performance and entertainment

• Experience genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft's innovative new operating system
• Be highly productive with the 2.6GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5200+ for true multitasking, 2000MHz system bus, and L2 cache (2 x 1MB)
• Consolidate photos, videos, music, and movies with AMD Live!, then access them through your PC or digital devices including a mobile phone, MP3 player, Xbox 360 console, or TV
• Watch, pause, rewind, and record live TV with the NTSC/ATSC (over-air high-definition) dual TV tuner with personal video recorder (PVR) and FM tuner (antenna included)
• Watch movies using the DVD SuperMulti drive and RealPlayer software
• Collect songs, organize your music collection, and create playlists
• Edit, distribute, organize, and store photos and video clips with the HP Photosmart Essentials software
• Use LightScribe to label yur discs with professional-looking text, photos, and designs
• Make home videos with the muvee autoProducer software
• Play games with the high-capacity 500GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; enjoy them more with the Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE graphics (up to 399MB DDR video memory)

Storage, backups, and extras

• Store 300 hours of recorded TV on the 500GB hard drive
• Burn DVDs and CDs with the Super Multi DVD drive with LightScribe and DVD±R/RW drive with CD-writing capabilities
• Surf the Web via DSL or cable using the 10/100Base-T network interface
• Boost performance with 2048MB PC2 4200 DDR2 SDRAM (2x1MB for the best performance, expandable to 4GB)
• Connect accessories such as joysticks, driving wheels, and MP3 players with the top- and back-access USB 2.0 ports (two in front, four in back) and FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports, one in front, one in back
• Share files with thumb drives, iPAQs, and cameras via the integrated 15-in-1 digital media card reader1
• Guard against viruses, spam, and spyware with the preinstalled Norton Internet Security 2007 (60-day live update trial, after which subscription must be updated)
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