HP Digital Entertainment Center Z565

Perfect form factor for home theater. Front-mounted info display. 300GB HP Personal Media Bay drive. 500GB internal hard drive. ATSC/HDTV tuner. Excellent wireless keyboard/mouse combo. Built-in IR receiver.

Still uses Pentium D processor. Top-mounted fan is inconvenient. No HD-DVD or Blu-ray drive. A bit pricey.

I highly recommend the DEC z565, the latest in a series of digital entertainment centers from HP. TV/PC junkies will love it; only a lack of HD DVD compatiblity keeps it from gaining a better score.

Complete, lots pof RAM and HD space. Expandable GB's. Lotts of connections

Slightly dated hardware and software (XP vs Vista and Pentium D Dual Core)