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Parker Clack · 04-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Mike:

The price is what sold me on it. Here you get a Quad-core pressor, 3G of RAM, 1 Terabyte of HD space and a Blu-ray/HD DVD drive. The closest price I found from HP was about $500 more for a similar setup. Dell and others are quite a bit more. Either they had a Blu-ray only or HD DVD only drive too. Getting one with a hybrid drive wasn't an option with many of them. And none of them came with a Terabyte of HD or 3G or RAM standard. Sure you could add them on but there goes the price.

I picked up an AverMedia Bravo tuner card to add to it show I can record two shows at once. Any since you can pick up QAM with either card I can record my local Hi-Def channels over cable. And when cable starts up with digital only I will be ready as both cards handle digital as well as analog.

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04-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#5 of 27
Parker Clack *Parker Clack* Owner Location: KC MO Join Date: Jul 1997 Local Time: 10:50 PM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 38,706	Re: Gateway GM5664 Media Center - A Review Mike: The price is what sold me on it. Here you get a Quad-core pressor, 3G of RAM, 1 Terabyte of HD space and a Blu-ray/HD DVD drive. The closest price I found from HP was about $500 more for a similar setup. Dell and others are quite a bit more. Either they had a Blu-ray only or HD DVD only drive too. Getting one with a hybrid drive wasn't an option with many of them. And none of them came with a Terabyte of HD or 3G or RAM standard. Sure you could add them on but there goes the price. I picked up an AverMedia Bravo tuner card to add to it show I can record two shows at once. Any since you can pick up QAM with either card I can record my local Hi-Def channels over cable. And when cable starts up with digital only I will be ready as both cards handle digital as well as analog.