HP Pavilion Media Center M490n

HP Pavilion Media Center M490n
alaAverage 2.8

4 reviews

May, 2013

We have collected and analyzed 4 user reviews from international sources. Users rate it 55/100. The average review date is Apr 26, 2005. We have compared these reviews to 2571 reviews from other Media Centers. Last update: May 23, 2013.

Review analysis

(Based on 4 reviews)

User Reviews  

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Good and Reliable

 

Good and Reliable

I have had this Media PC for 4 years now and it has worked very well and it has just about everything you'll need or want. The only thing I did was upgrade the RAM. If you're going to edit video and pictures, it takes up a lot of space and memory,...

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Best of best

 

Best of best

I am very happy with this HP media Center.What more can I ask? I can watch TV, record TV same time if I wanted to by pushing the record button on my remote control.

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At your own risk

 

At your own risk

This whole MediaCenter serie still needs a lot of improvements. The computer is decently priced but the applications are not all integrated with the MS MediaCenter. The MC application is often buggy and often crashes. It also makes use of additional...

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At your own risk

 

At your own risk

This whole MediaCenter serie still needs a lot of improvements. The computer is decently priced but the applications are not all integrated with the MS MediaCenter. The MC application is often buggy and often crashes. It also makes use of additional...

Product Specifications

HP Media Center PCs deliver the best of both worlds, giving you productive PC capabilities, plus a full range of easy-to-use digital entertainment features. Watch, pause, rewind and record live TV. Burn your own music CDs or DVD movies. Enjoy enriching sound quality and brilliant video effects. Do more with your digital photos. And you can enjoy all this when and how you want, all with a single remote. Are you ready to replace your desktop PC with a do-it-all Media Center PC? Well, HP's ready to take you there.

Audio Output

Type:Sound card

Cabinet (Chassis)

Form Factor:Tower
Manufacturer Form Factor:Tower

Cabinet (Chassis)

Form Factor:Tower
Manufacturer Form Factor:Tower

Cache Memory

Installed Size:512KB
Per Processor Size:512KB

Display (Projector)

Type:None.

Header

Compatibility:PC
Localization:English
Manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard
Model:M490n
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:HP Pavilion Media Center

Mainboard

Chipset Type:Intel 848P
Data Bus Speed:800MHz

Modem

Max Transfer Rate:56Kbps
Type:Fax / modem

Multimedia Functionality

TV Tuner Type:Analog TV

Networking

Data Link Protocol:Ethernet / Fast Ethernet
Type:Network adapter

Optical Storage

Type:DVD+RW
Write Speed:8x

Optical Storage (2nd)

Read Speed:16x

OS Provided

Type:Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Processor

Clock Speed:3.4GHz
Installed Qty:1
Manufacturer:Intel
Max Supported Qty:1
Type:Pentium 4

RAM

Installed Size:512MB
Max Supported Size:2GB
Technology:DDR SDRAM

Service & Support

Type:1 year warranty

Storage Controller (2nd)

Type:IDE

Storage Floppy Drive

Type:3.5" 1.44 MB floppy / 3.5 1.44 MB floppy

Storage Hard Drive

Interface Type:EIDE

Storage Hard Drive (2nd)

Type: None

Storage Removable

Type: None

System

Hard Drive(-s) Total Capacity:250GB
Recommended Use:Home use
Type:Media center

Video Memory

Installed Size:128MB

Video Output

Graphics Processor / Vendor:NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Interface Type:AGP 8x
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