HP Pavilion Media Center a1610n Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4200+, 1024 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Drive) | List Price: $840.00
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Personal Computers
Features: - Entertainment-focused desktop PC with 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ dual-core processor
- 250 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (4 GB max), 16x LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
- Seven USB 2.0, two FireWire, one VGA, one 9-in-1 memory card reader, coaxial digital audio output
- Nvidia GeForce 6150 video card with 256 MB shared RAM; 10/100 Ethernet, 56K modem
- Windows XP Media Center--Windows Vista capable and Windows Vista Premium ready
HP quality control is a joke! Don't buy!!!! [Posted on 2007-03-11]
Anybody thinks the PC is less expensive and a good bargain. For me the biggest investment is your time, not your money. I want to give this product rate 0 start, which is not available.
I could not agree more with the review by D.Alejandro. Same things happened to me. Seems it is not an isolated case. I first ordered A1610N, several days after I got it, screen became only dotted lines. Did several recoveries, no luck, had to return to HP. Thought it was only an isolated case, ordered an A1650. Arrived in Jan. It ran good for several days, then no boot. Had to do recovery three times, it always ran good for several days, then the PC just went on strike, no boot, blank screen nothing. Have to ship it to repair center. Not sure whether they can fix it or not. Just consider the hassel and long hours you spent on this junk. Called tech support, really could not help you in anyway, except thank you for holding the line. Don't know how HP claims it s customer service is one of the best.
Today's HP is no longer the old HP you used to know. I was a loyal customer, my old HP brio PC ran several years without a single problem. Today HP cuts corners to become price competitive. I don't care whether the PC is made in Mexico, or the support call center in india as long as it can provide quality services and products. Clearly HP can not do it. I should have given Dell a serious consideration. NO HP products any more!
From a non techie [Posted on 2007-03-23]
I am happy with the new computer, only my second. I haven't decided whether to upgrade to Windows Vista since I spent a lot of time getting everything hooked up like I like it. I shopped Amazon and chose HP based on Consumer Reports.
Quality at the right price [Posted on 2007-05-17]
I actually own a younger version of this, and paid about the same price as this one. I couldn't be happier with Hp's excellent desktops, I use mine (3gz pentium) for everything from music production to film editing (im a film student) and It preforms extremely well. Heck, maby I should upgrade...its not like its all that expensive :)
nice system [Posted on 2007-09-30]
im not ready for vista, thats why this system and add extra gig of ram is just as good as brand new system, i am very pleased
will never buy another hp product [Posted on 2008-05-10]
i bought this hp a1610n after my emachine of 5 years finally gave up the ghost. i was leary of getting anything with the new vista on it, so i bought this one refurbished from the hp website. i have had nothing but problems one after the other with it since day one. the graphics card in it is "less than satisfactory"... one error after another on the system itself, have horrible problems trying to uninstall ANYTHING. And tech support is non existent.
To be honest .. everything i have ever purchased from hp has been a huge disappointment... to the extent i have informed my husband to beat me severely about the head and shoulders the next time i pick up anything from hp for the shopping cart lol.
From now on i believe ill recheck emachine or i will take my chances on Dell. this machine needs reformatted now and judging from the reviews, im afraid to even try. It doesnt matter how cheap something is price-wise.. if it doesnt function properly, then it is NOT worth the money. i realize that going refurbished is risky, however when it comes straight from the company, i expect minimal problems and have been VERY disappointed.
in my opinion hp takes advantage of those of us that cannot afford the higher priced machines, or those of us that arent technically inclined enough to make a pc do what we want it to do.
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