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HP Pavilion m8120n Media Center TV comparison

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HP Pavilion Elite m9040n
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HP Pavilion Elite m9040n

Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC (Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz, 2GB RAM, 300GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
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Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC (Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz, 2GB RAM, 300GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)

HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f
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HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f

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Price Check Prices $1,399.83 $1,009.99 to $1,107.95 $942.50 to $980.32 $1,149.99 to $1,466.42
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Release date June 25, 2007 June 15, 2007 February 01, 2008 August 08, 2007
The Bottom Line The HP Pavilion Media Center m8120n boasts a quad-core Intel processor and outstanding overall performance, particularly for the price. Media consumers and creators alike will love its speed and AV connections but may rue the lack of a next-gen optical drive. HP's new digital-media-oriented Pavilion Elite m9040n is fast, loaded with features, and its new looks and newly integrated receivers improve its profile. Our main issue is the redundant bays for two of HP's proprietary external hard drives. If you can get past that, there's a solid desktop here. Sony's distinctive, midrange VAIO TP1 Living Room PC trades performance and features for its cutesy appearance. Unless you really like the looks of this Roomba-like PC you can find a much better deal from a variety of standard desktop PCs. The HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f delivers a remarkable combination of features, value, and flexibility. It excels as both a traditional desktop, and a full-fledged living room PC, complete with a Blu-ray and HD DVD drive. Any nongamer in the market for a sub-$1,000 PC should put this system at the top of their list. With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple's new iMac competes with the PC desktop market better than perhaps any previous Mac to date. Unless you're a gamer or an upgrade enthusiast, we can think of very few reasons not to make an iMac your next desktop.
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Features
Graphics Controller PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 7350 LE - 128 MB
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS - 256 MB
Intel GMA 950
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT - 256 MB
PCI Express x16 - ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO - 256 MB
Storage Removable None
None
None
None
None
TV Tuner Type Digital and analog TV - ATSC - NTSC
Digital and analog TV - DVB-T
Digital and analog TV - Yes - ATSC - NTSC
Digital and analog TV - ATSC - NTSC
Info unavailable
Floppy Drive None
None
None
None
None
Optical Storage (2nd) None
None
None
None
None
Storage Controller Serial ATA ; IDE
Serial ATA
Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 )
Serial ATA ; None
Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 )
Type Media center
Media center
Media center
Personal computer
Personal computer
Hard Drive (2nd) - None
- None
- None
- None
- None
Printer None
None
None
None
None
Platform Technology Intel VIIV Technology
Intel VIIV Technology
Intel VIIV Technology