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How to: Build an ATOM/ION-based HTPC

The days of hulking, noisy home theatre PCs are long gone. Choose the right components, and you can build a small, silent and powerful PC that will neatly fit into your TV cabinet, stream high definition video, music, photos from a home server or NAS and serve as a kick ass DVR.

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Hands On: The Lenovo IdeaCentre B305 All-In-One

Today, I get to discuss the Lenovo B305 AIO.  Will this be my next desktop machine, or my stationary laptop?

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Unboxing the Lenovo IdeaCentre B305

Unboxing the Lenovo IdeaCentre B305.  It is incredible what they can with a desktop computer.

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Unboxing the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150

Unboxing the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 nettop/HTPC.  This is a little package with big features!

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Hands-On: Tranquil PC iXL Power PC

Tranquil PC’s latest interpretation of the silent HTPC lands at WGS for review, and it’s the best we’ve seen from them in some time.

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Hands On: VIA Artigo A1100 Mini HTPC

Via’s tiny Artigo A1100 packs a lot of promise in a small footprint, but ultimately fails to deliver.

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Hands On: ASRock ION 330 Nettop PC

Free yourself from your monthly satellite/cable TV subscriptions, and embrace a brighter, internet enabled future courtesy of a mini-HTPC.

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Hands On: Norco BIS-6540HD Fanless Desktop PC

Small, silent mini-HTPC from Norco powered by Intel Atom N270 gobbles up High Definition 1080P video for breakfast.

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HP Berlin 2008: Hands On With The HP TouchSmart IQ500

Every once in a while, a product comes along that makes you stop and check where you were when you first saw it. At the “Connecting Your Wold Event” in Berlin this week, HP announced one of those products – the HP Touchsmart IQ500. We got a chance to get hands on with it this week.

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