Well heres something im sorely tempted to order...

Acer Aspire Revo £129.92

Its a small PC housing a 1.6ghz intel atom and Nvidia ION chipset and geforce 9400m graphics.

The good thing about this is that it has hardware video accelleration that can handle 1080p and also a HDMI connection, making it an ideal pc to stick under the telly.. throw a bit more memory in, stick win7 or XBMC on it and hey presto a media PC.

Id buy one if i didnt already have a Xstreamer for these duties... hell im still considering it anyway!

I have been looking at these.:yes: and can get slightly better sec one though NHS for £60 more.

• Product Description - Acer Aspire REVO R3600 - Atom N230 1.6 GHz
• Type - Personal computer
• Form Factor - Ultra-slim desktop
• Dimensions (WxDxH) - 3 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm
• Localisation - United Kingdom
• Processor - 1 x Intel Atom N230 / 1.6 GHz
• Cache Memory - L2 Cache
• RAM - 2 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM - 667 MHz
• Storage Controller - Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-300 )
• Hard Drive - 1 x 320 GB - standard - Serial ATA-300
• Card Reader - 4 in 1
• Monitor - None.
• Graphics Controller - NVIDIA GeForce 9400
• Audio Output - Sound card - 7.1 channel surround
• Networking - Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
• OS Provided - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
• Environmental Standards - EPA Energy Star

i was looking to put one in for a second media pc, just annoying that microsoft will not design a software extender for media centre.

Even cheaper, I got one of these and it talks to my WHS quite nicely, 1080p and HDMI out.

http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=186127&partner=froogle

GUI is fairly poor but I can quickly find what I want to listen to or watch so not a big issue.

Even cheaper, I got one of these and it talks to my WHS quite nicely, 1080p and HDMI out.

http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=186127&partner=froogle

GUI is fairly poor but I can quickly find what I want to listen to or watch so not a big issue.

After following a few threads on AVForums , I decided on one of these beasts

Cyclone MKV

Has played everything I have tried so far. Wireless works great. Very quiet and very low power consumption.

Interface a little miki mouse but I believe any of the realtek based firmwares work on it if you want to change.

Was gonna build a media pc but this does everything I would have asked of one.

Nice bit of kit that

As you say, more tech temptation!

Very tempting! Just what i've been looking for recently..

Kev

Hmmm... I'm looking for something to replace my ageing laptop that I current use as a downloader/way of looking at stuff that work blocks

Looks a great bit of kit for only £130 though.

IIRC those Revo units can mount on a standard VESA mount, so if you haven't got your flat screen on the wall (or snug up to the wall) you can mount it on the back of the TV.