The good: All of the features we'd want in a living-room-friendly slim tower; fast computing performance; budget video card will play HD video and most 3D games.
The bad: No FireWire or eSATA ports; power hog.
The bottom line: From fast performance, to a Blu-ray drive, to plentiful other features, HP's Pavilion Slimline includes almost everything we'd ask for in our ideal living-room slim tower PC. It will seem expensive if you're more inclined to get a Nettop or a set-top box, but for committed PC media enthusiasts, this HP offers the complete package.
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The bad: No FireWire or eSATA ports; power hog.
The bottom line: From fast performance, to a Blu-ray drive, to plentiful other features, HP's Pavilion Slimline includes almost everything we'd ask for in our ideal living-room slim tower PC. It will seem expensive if you're more inclined to get a Nettop or a set-top box, but for committed PC media enthusiasts, this HP offers the complete package.
Review: We've been fans of Gateway's $500 to $600 SX line of slim tower PCs, but HP's fixed-configuration, $750 Pavilion Slimline s5660f makes a strong showing as a higher-end living-room-friendly desktop. Bulging with digital media features, the Slimline s5660f was clearly conceived with home entertainment in mind. It's also no performance slouch, thanks to its fast quad-core AMD CPU. At $750, this system costs more than dedicated media boxes, or even Nettops that can provide similar Web video-streaming capabilities. But with a Blu-ray drive, a TV tuner, a dedicated budget 3D card, and fast performance, the Slimline ... Expand full review
We've been fans of Gateway's $500 to $600 SX line of slim tower PCs, but HP's fixed-configuration, $750 Pavilion Slimline s5660f makes a strong showing as a higher-end living-room-friendly desktop. Bulging with digital media features, the Slimline s5660f was clearly conceived with home entertainment in mind. It's also no performance slouch, thanks to its fast quad-core AMD CPU. At $750, this system costs more than dedicated media boxes, or even Nettops that can provide similar Web video-streaming capabilities. But with a Blu-ray drive, a TV tuner, a dedicated budget 3D card, and fast performance, the Slimline s5660f is impressively well-rounded, and easy to recommend to those trying to inject the freedom and breadth of PC-based media into their home entertainment setup.
HP's Slimline chassis has been around for a few years, but this is the first model we've seen in a while that fully makes use of the chassis' size advantages by including an HDMI port. Though it is certainly larger than either Apple's Mac Mini or Dell's Inspiron Zino HD, two competing systems, the 12-inch high, 4.75-inch wide, 16-inch deep Slimline isn't that much larger than the original editions of the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360. It's also just an inch taller than the Gateway SX2850-33
HP's Slimline chassis has been around for a few years, but this is the first model we've seen in a while that fully makes use of the chassis' size advantages by including an HDMI port. Though it is certainly larger than either Apple's Mac Mini or Dell's Inspiron Zino HD, two competing systems, the 12-inch high, 4.75-inch wide, 16-inch deep Slimline isn't that much larger than the original editions of the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360. It's also just an inch taller than the Gateway SX2850-33
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