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Medion is offering a multi-format home theater PC in the UK that will be compatible with both the Blu-ray and HD DVD optical disc formats. The high performance MD8828 is based on Intel VIIV technology and featuring a multi-format, high definition HD DVD and Blu-Ray optical drive. It utilizes Intel's 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo E6750 processor and is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS DirectX 10 graphics card with DVI-I connector and HDMI port.

Also pre4sent is a 500GB SATA hard disk drive, 2GB of RAM, a TV tuner, incorporating incorporating Freeview DVB-T, DVB-S Satellite and analogue TV. There is also an MCE remote. It is Wifi-capable, supporting WLAN 802.11n and includes a front connection flash memory card reader.



It is bundled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium edition with Media Centre interface; Medion Home Cinema Suite featuring PowerDirector 6, PowerProducer4, PowerDVD 7 Ultra and MediaShow 3SE; Nero 8 including Nero Burning ROM 8 Essentials, Nero Recode 2SE Essentials, Nero Express Essentials and Nero Vision Express Essentials; Microsoft Works 9.0; Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition (60-day test version); AOL preinstalled and BullGuard Internet Security Package.

It is on sale in Aldi for £629.99.

Source:
Pocket-Lint.co.uk

Written by: James Delahunty @ 29 Nov 2007 17:15