HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8100n Desktop PC

HP Updated: 2007-09-17
HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8100n Desktop PC

Take control of your digital entertainment with our Pavilion Media Center TV m8100n, a sleek desktop machine that will help you consolidate, organize, and enjoy TV shows, movies, music, photos, and videos.

Power-packed performance

• Experience genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft's innovative new operating system
• Be highly productive with a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+ with AMD Live!
• Consolidate photos, videos, music, and movies with AMD Live!, then access through your PC or digital devices (e.g., mobile phone, MP3 player, Xbox 360 console, TV)

Entertainment to go

• Watch, pause, rewind, and record live TV with the NTSC/ATSC (over-air high-definition) TV tuner with personal video recorder (PVR) and FM tuner (antenna included)
• Watch movies using the DVD SuperMulti drive and RealPlayer software
• 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 623MB total available graphics memory)
• 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 your discs with professional-looking text, photos, and designs

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 3072GB PC2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM (2 x 1024MB and 2 x 512MB for best performance, expandable to 8GB)
• 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)
• Try Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition free for 60 days