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AOpen Media Center Server 400/410For those looking to buy in that ever-growing "give me a PC that looks like a stereo receiver" market, AOpen has introduced a new line of "Digital Home Entertainment PCs" (which translates as "Windows Media Center Edition Home Theater PCs", apparently.) The top-of-the-line model is the Media Center Server (server?) 400/410, cunningly disguised as a giant piece of audiophile gear, with room for 7 (!) drives. bios magazine has the goods... The Media Center Server 400/410 is designed to look like a conventional audio amplifier. The housing of the innovative product is designed with storage space for seven hard drives. The system is developed with the functions to receive video streams from multiple TV channels. For instance, you can record...


Windows Media Center Hidden GamesJust in case you were bored with your Windows Media Center Edition 2005 box (wait for it -- the season finales are almost over), it turns out that there are some hidden games you can access. You should find you have Otto's Magic Blocks and Gem Master on your system as well. Whilst these are not fully installed by default you can quickly and easily add them. I'm not sure how to describe Otto's Magic Blocks but Gem Master is a more complicated version of Tetris....


Windows Media Center OverviewTom's Hardware has just completed part two of a fairly comprehensive overview of Windows Media Center Edition 2005. If you've been wondering what all of the fuss is about, here's your opportunity to take a walk-through of pretty much all of the major features of MCE. Part One. Part Two. Overall, they come off fairly impressed with MCE: Microsoft has a pretty good chance to make a place for itself in the living rooms of those users who can accept a PC as a reasonable facsimile of a home entertainment center. A strong argument in MCE's favor is its easy setup and configuration. That's because the operating system comes pre-installed, and the installation wizard makes life just that much easier....


Ricavision PLIX EMC 3200HD Media Center Edition PCIf you're looking for the "Three Ps" of Media Center Editions setups (Pretty, Pre-built, and Price-is-no-object) you might want to look at the new Ricavision PLIX EMC 3200HD Media Center Edition PC. eHomeUpgrade has the story. The company actually has two models out now, but the one that caught our attention is the PLIX EMC 3200HD Media Center PC (retail $2,499). The 3200HD comes in a gorgeous jet-black enclosure, sporting a bright blue LCD, front panel volume control knob, a concealed fontside hot-swappable 2.5-inch 80GB slim hard drive for removable data storage, 3.2Ghz P4, 200GB of internal storage, and is equipped with a dual tuner NTSC and ATSC (over-the-air HD) card capable of 1080i resolution. But if over-the-air HD is...