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    Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC

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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    mac mini does't seem so bad compared to this - at least the $400 config #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Hopefully the HDMI port also handles sound output. #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @ossuary: Ya, that should be standard when dealing with something wanting to be a media center. #dellzinohd
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    I'd love to see a performance comparison between these low volt Athlon's and the Atom 330. Specifically how the Zino compares with the ASRock Ion 330.
    Video's probably fine for Blu-ray on both, but for audio the edge goes to ASRock. It's got 5.1 over HDMI or Optical. #dellzinohd
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    Image of berbar berbar
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: I hadn't noticed that. No digital audio out except for the HDMI one. Sad. #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @berbar: and it's 2.1 to boot, so no benefit for the surround sound crowd. #dellzinohd
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    Image of berbar berbar
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Please, get the highest configuration and put it to its paces. I would love to see what you have to say about it. #dellzinohd
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    $229 in my cart, but $55 tax/shipping kill it for me #dellzinohd
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    Image of Arken Arken
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Would it be too much to ask for them to include an IR port? What's the point of making a cheap PC that can act as an HD media center but not let it work with universal remote controls without an accessory? #dellzinohd
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Yes. They're very cute. But why would I want cute for an HTPC?

    I'm more interested in an HTPC that is inconspicuous. Want to make something different than a Mac mini wannabe? Pack Wireless N into it and sell an optional mounting kit to mount it on the underside of the TV console.

    Leave being cute and ostentatious to Apple. Sell inconspicuous. #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: 1) Buy it in black
    2) Being half the price of a Mini makes it "something different" #dellzinohd
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/12/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Just get the black one then. It'll match most HT kit that way. #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Very nice, I would take this over an atom, and the price is right. #dellzinohd
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    Image of zakharm zakharm
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    It doesn't seem to have an IR sensor for remote control. #dellzinohd
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    Image of krztov krztov
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    unless things changed with win7, wouldnt you need ultimate to run windows media center? so thats even more, also, there are nice win7 codec packs now that can even handle 1080p mkv etc pretty well IN windows media center :)

    [shark007.net]

    i had to set the setting in there somewhere for offloading video processing to gpu but made everything smooth and my 5.1 works great :) #dellzinohd
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    Image of kirby822 kirby822
    11/12/09

    @krztov: Windows Media Center is available in Win 7 Home Premium. [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of krztov krztov
    11/12/09

    @kirby822: wow, times are a-changin :) #dellzinohd
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    11/12/09

    @krztov: It was in Vista Home Premium too. #dellzinohd
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    Image of onaclov2000 onaclov2000
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    I'm sorry does anyone know what a "Belkin Easy Transfer Cable" is? and why it's a 30$ "upgrade thing"? #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @onaclov2000: It's a USB cable for transferring your files between machines. #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: So $30 for a usb cable? wow, anyone willing to buy that, I have a bridge for sale I'll sell it cheap it's red but they call it golden.... #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @onaclov2000: It's a USB A to USB A crossover cable of sorts. Not your typical USB A to B style.

    Which is still expensive. But if you're a normal home user, it's a convenient if not necessarily cost efficient bundling. #dellzinohd
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Well, it would be $533 to get the HTPC I want.
    AMD Dual Core Athlon 1.5GHz
    4 GB RAM
    Downgraded to Win 7 Home and shaved off $100 (WTH?)
    640 GB HD

    Not exactly $250. #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Why pay to upgrade the drive that large, when you can buy a 1 gig drive for less than the cost of that upgrade these days? #dellzinohd
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    11/12/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I was thinking of adding a large NAS to my network. Centralized storage for all of my media PCs. #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @SQLGuru: I'm thinking of doing the same, but I'm stuck at that catch 22 where NAS machines either have too little cooling or cost too much. #dellzinohd
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    Image of DssTrainer DssTrainer
    11/12/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I think the secret is to buy the base and upgrade it yourself with cheaper parts so you dont pay the dell ripoff fees #dellzinohd
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    Image of GodfreyOriole GodfreyOriole
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Over at new egg you can get an asus nettop with an nvidia ion le processor for only $199. For $33 0you can get an asus nettop with a full nvidia ion gpu, dual core atom (quad core with ht turned on) 2 gig ram and wireless.

    This dell is way to expensive.
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    Image of Logan Kirkpatrick Logan Kirkpatrick
    11/12/09

    @GodfreyOriole: show me that $330 Asus #dellzinohd
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    @Logan Kirkpatrick: [www.newegg.com] #dellzinohd
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    Image of lilfleck lilfleck
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    It is on the Dell website right now and after I configured a model with a dual core (only x2 available), wifi (extra), downgraded OS to Win 7 Home Premium, upgraded GPU (which isn't all that hot, but enough for 1080p playback), it came out to over $430... not sure if that even included shipping and tax, all I know is that i planned on building a computer that can do all of that and more for cheaper.

    This might work if the integrated graphics can handle 1080p playback and a user doesn't need wifi. That would bring the price down $95 and may make for a good solution to someone who want's a out-of-the-box solution for a media center (with 250gb...). #dellzinohd
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    11/12/09

    @lilfleck: Wired is better than wireless for media streaming -- if it is available. (See post on Lifehacker the other day about wiring your place for networking. I recommend it if you can do it.) #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @SQLGuru: true - especially if you plan on using this next to your TV attached to your cable modem. #dellzinohd
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/12/09

    @SQLGuru: Just to counter. Our home office is on the other side of our small apartment from our television, so rather than wiring up the place we just attached a little game console wifi box to our not-wifi-enabled streaming blu-ray player.

    Have never had a streaming problem - or a problem with software updates.

    Wired would of course be more stable, but we seem to have been able to achieve sufficient stability without it (and without any fancy tricks.) #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @weatherman: Except that companies like LG are starting to build Netflix streaming etc directly into the TV itself these days for about $100 more than the model below it that doesn't do this... #dellzinohd
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    11/12/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis:
    Except that companies like Netflix streaming don't have HD yet. Looks like carp on my PS3... just saying #dellzinohd
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/12/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: you're talking about one of those wifi-repeaters that have ethernet-out, right? I was thinking of getting one of those for my home office IP telephone, since my network bridge hack doesn't seem to really work all that well. #dellzinohd
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/12/09

    @foto_dog69: That's good and all, but that's not really the point. This machine isn't for playing games it's a media center, and people are talking about using this as such.

    What I'm seeing is that TV Manufacturers are quickly moving to kill this by integrating such services directly into the display. #dellzinohd
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/12/09

    @foto_dog69: Yes they do. Just not for all videos. It works fine.

    @weatherman: It's this: [www.amazon.com]

    Works well. #dellzinohd
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    Image of fluidexistence fluidexistence
    11/12/09

    In reply to Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
    Hellooo, new cheap desktop for the kids to mess with. I wonder what it'll cost with my discount. #dellzinohd
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    11/12/09

    @fluidexistence: $207.50 with my discount....... :) #dellzinohd
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    Image of cragg cragg
    11/12/09

    @SQLGuru: What discount?
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    11/12/09

    @cragg: Employee discount. #dellzinohd
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