HP Pavilion Media Center M8200N Desktop PC
Friday, 25. September 2009. 04:38
- Powerful multimedia desktop with TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), personal video recording functionality, and programming guide
- 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ dual-core processor, 500 GB SATA hard drive, 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), 16x LightScribe DVD drive
- Connectivity: 6 USB, 2 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 composite A/V digital audio output, surround sound speaker output, 15-in-1 memory card reader
- Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 video card with up to 288 MB shared memory, 10/100 Ethernet
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
Product Description
HP Pavilion M8200N Desktop PC. The HP Pavilion Media Center TV desktop PC is designed and built for your digital life. Take control of your digital entertainment with a PC that helps you consolidate, organize, and play your favorite TV shows, movies, music, photos and videos. The HP Media Center Remote Control provides access to your digital music, photos, and videos from across the room. The front panel 15 in 1 memory card reader makes it easy to transfer photos, m… More >>
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September 25th, 2009 at 7:22 am
My problem was with the lack of Amazon communication among its employees. I purchased the computer because of a internet special package price for ‘cyber monday’. Then the item was shipped to me without the ‘package’ and I was told that there was no record of any such package and I would have to provide proof of it. This was impossible to do because it was an advertisement on the Amazon website, something that normal people don’t download copies of. I returned it to Amazon and found another company that did have an equivalent package and price. Needless to say, I was very upset with Amazon and will hesitate before making any further purchases.
Rating: 1 / 5
September 25th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I bought this computer from my local Wholesale Club. Got a great deal with monitor included. Brought it home and fired it up. Not wild about look and feel of Vista, but….then installed my wireless network card. After three hours of screwing around with Vista packed computer back in box and returned it. From the reaction of the customer service folks I was far from the first to return a computer because of Vista. I am fairly computer savvy, but could not get card to work consistently. Some sort of weird software issue. Never had a problem with old machine with XP. I have an I-book and am going to go all Apple, it is time to quit allowing Microsoft to sell us ever more expensive, memory hogging patches for their previous mistakes. The computer is nice, if you can get it with XP it is a great deal.
Rating: 1 / 5
September 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Looked like a great deal on paper, but I couldn’t get this beast to resolve domain names through my Netgear switch. The hardware diagnositics all passed so I can only chalk this up to a problem w/a Vista device driver. I had to send the computer back to Amazon.Com. I will say the return policies and process of Amazon.com are by far the best for online purchases.
Overall, I am going to have to opt for a box w/XP Pro due to the immaturity of Vista. I was looking forward to the Multimedia features, but can do with out them for now.
HP Tech support was mostly good as well (though I was disconnected the last time).
Rating: 2 / 5
September 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’ve had this pc for almost 2 months. and still havent had any problems with it
Rating: 4 / 5
September 25th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Just got this a few days ago as an upgrade from my previous machine which I’d built myself. I don’t think I could build an equivalent machine to this for less $$$.
Some initial observations though:
- why does it come with 32-bit Vista rather than 64-bit?
- I was surprised to discover it doesn’t have a DVI output. Not a big deal – I’ll transfer my faster video card from my other machine to this.
- Media Center isn’t recognizing the FM tuner (might have to try out HP support on this one)
Rating: 4 / 5