HP Media Center m470n Desktop PC (3.0GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive, DVD+R/RW, TV/FM Tuner)

Rating:
Summary: Great machine for the money.
Review: For the experienced computer user this is a great machine. I can understand that it is not a tool for a novice but with a little study the programs are fairly easy to use. I had my m470n set up in less than an hour and had the media center humming in another hour. Everything works great and I'm genuinely impressed with what you get for the price.

Rating:
Summary: Great machine for the money.
Review: For the experienced computer user this is a great machine. I can understand that it is not a tool for a novice but with a little study the programs are fairly easy to use. I had my m470n set up in less than an hour and had the media center humming in another hour. Everything works great and I'm genuinely impressed with what you get for the price.

Rating:
Summary: Very good machine
Review: I too was impressed with this machine. As the previous reviewer wrote it is not exactly set up for the novice but with patience and use of the literature provided set up was easy. The Media center is great. The key to reception is a good antenna or a cable connection. I do not have cable but the tuner in it is comparable to my regular TV set up. I do wish it came with the XP disc instead of the drive being preloaded and partitioned thus having to create recovery discs.

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Summary: An Expensive Paperweight
Review: My wife and I bought one of these a few weeks back and it is by far the worst computer we have ever owned. Nothing works correctly. The quality of the TV signal varies wildly, e-mails are suddenly deleted for no apparent reason, the computer shut itself down if you tried to do more than one thing at once (ie, read email and listen to an MP3), the CD burner would claim CD-Rs were actually CD-ROMs and would refuse to write to it, it refuses to recognize devices plugged into USB ports and... well believe me I could go on and on but I seem to be limited to 1000 words. I will say that the warranty from HP has proven to be absolutely worthless. Our efforts to get either a working computer or (preferably!) our money back have proven to be useless. Our nearly $2,000 for this Hp system has bought us nothing but heartache, frustration and lost productivity. I urge you not to make the mistake we did. Do not buy this product.