# Media Center PC's

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [February 2, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665 "2006-02-02T09:28:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/1 "2006-02-02T09:28:41Z")

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Who makes good media center PC’s pre built with tuner card etc, besides dell…

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**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/2 "2006-02-02T10:30:04Z")

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HP makes one i know of, but wouldent you want to build one yourself?

check out [hardocp.com](http://hardocp.com), they have reviews of some

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**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/3 "2006-02-02T10:34:12Z")

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i dont have the time or energy to do it myslef

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**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/4 "2006-02-02T10:39:50Z")

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[http://www.htpcnews.com/](http://www.htpcnews.com/)  
[http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/masterindex\_htpc.html](http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/masterindex_htpc.html)

google is your friend 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/5 "2006-02-02T14:29:54Z")

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why not just plug a tuner card into your existing pc? thats what I did… works great :tup: 🙂

just make sure you go with haupauge (sp) cards… from what I read, alot of other cards can be a PITA and put out a poor picture

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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/6 "2006-02-02T16:29:40Z")

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Sony… but I’m biased 🙂

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**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/7 "2006-02-02T17:02:32Z")

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^^ sony makes some pretty crappy computers

they are so gimmicky they do things like making all in one computers, and monitors with 2 speakers and a sub in it, cool right? yea except they all suck 😛

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**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-center-pcs/7665/8 "2006-02-02T18:06:04Z")

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I like the tiny Vaios, though