HP Pavilion Elite m9060n Desktop PC (Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600, 3 GB RAM, 640 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) | List Price: $1,812.00
Discount Price: $1,199.99
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Personal Computers
Features: - Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 with four lightning fast execution cores
- Combo Blu-ray/HD DVD playback with dual-layer LightScribe DVD burner, TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), PVR functionality, programming guide
- Dual 320 GB hard drives (640 GB total), 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics (1791 MB of available memory)
- 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0, two Firewire, drive bays available for HP Pocket & Personal Media Drives (up to 660 GB optional storage)
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
HP Pavilion Elite M9060N [Posted on 2008-01-29]
I spent months trying to find the perfect PC that would serve as my Media Center and this is it! If you plan to use this in your movie room couple of things to do. 1st the PC ships with two 320GB hard drives(it has both raid1 or 0 support) but you need to set it up as the factory did not! This requires changing the bios controller options and using the restore disks you create to reinstall the software(pain but works). 2nd the PC ships with an HP DVD/Blue ray software it works ok but not great (personally I downloaded Cyberlink Power DVD ultra which works great for movies and audio) ARCsoft also has a product but it is new and promising. 3rd when you connect the audio to SPDIF for your receiver you need to setup realtek correctly to get good DTS/DD. 4th. The TV card is ok analog signal is good thru cable but you need a ATSC external antenna to get HDTV as the card does not support Clear-QAM for cable (bummer). I would also recommend a wirless keyboard with integrated mouse from Vidabox but you can use the one that HP ships(very good). I have been using it for a few weeks now and I'm extremely happy with it. The image playback is beautiful on my Infocus SP7200 HD projector! For those that don't want a Media Center PC it has lots of horsepower and would be a solid desktop(but is overkill).
A First Class Product Mix [Posted on 2008-02-03]
Pros: This is a first-class product mix. Vista now works well (for me) and with all my software packages including graphics (e.g., Photoshop, MS Office 2007, IE, Visio 2007, MS Project 2002 & 2007 ...). Adding my old and beloved monitor (Sony 234) went w/o problems. I have no hardware problems at all and the system meets all my needs, plus the often not inconsiderable demands of Vista. The HP updater is quite good as well, tho' maybe a bit redundant in some cases.
Cons: Not liking battery changes, I'm not a "wireless" fan and wish there had been an option for wired mouse and keyboard. However, I simply removed the antenna and replaced the wireless mouse and keyboard with my old mouse and keyboard, without a hitch.
Worse I have had. [Posted on 2008-02-08]
I purchased this computer based on the reviews and it has been nothing but trouble. I bought this as I was getting tired of building my own. I wish I would have just built my own as this computer is constructed of the type of second rate garbage that made me start to build my own in the first place. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere.
Impressive... [Posted on 2008-02-27]
Well, I purchased this for a excellent price form a national retailer that was/is going out of business. I am replacing my 4-5 year old Sony Desktop that I am finding hard to give up. Now, I purchased it knowing I couldn't return it if there was a problem since all sales were final. Unfortunately there was a problem, seems the TV tuner card installed in the computer was 'bad'.
Knowing I couldn't send it back to the store I went trough the common steps to try and correct the problem (update/install new drivers), no luck so I called HP... Their tech phone service is great! The tech gave me a couple more options to try and again with no luck we determined the card was bad. He sent me another TV tuner card, it arrived in two days! I plugged it in and my computer works flawlessly, quick easy fix and couldn't be happier. Dell should take some pointers from the customer service rep I talked to at HP!
Now on to the computer... this thing will do anything I ask it to. Very powerful and lightning fast, hard to beat the built in DVR/TV Tuner Card and the impressive video card. I don't care too much for Windows Media Center that is included with Vista but I am getting use to it, most problems I have/had with it were due to the bad TV tuner card. I have erased some of the software `junk' installed by HP, (now if they would only keep that out of the computer to begin with). For the price I bought it at I don't think you could find another Blue-ray/HD DVD equipped computer. Can't wait to give the Blue-ray a try.
Having opened the computer and changed the card, I now see where users say there need to be more room in there! I am not sold on HP's pocket drive and Media Drive, I feel the space could be better used or left empty for the purchaser to decide what to use that wasted space for.
Overall I am VERY impressed with this computer now if it can stand the test of time as my old Sony desktop did I will be extremely happy! Yes this computer deserves the 5-stars even with the minor and easily fixed problem.
Outstanding!! [Posted on 2008-05-03]
This computer does it all. The piano black exterior is great to look at, and the performance is excellent. I couldn't be happier with a purchase. I did run into an issue with the power supply fan not working, however HP service was exceptional and they not only replaced the power supply, but sent someone to my home to put it in. The entire process took only a few days. Since then, the computer has been everthing I hoped it would be and more.
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