The Media Center PC revolution continues to gather pace, as more and more manufacturers look to encourage consumers to welcome the PC into their living rooms.

The 512MB of RAM is perhaps a little skimpy, and a WorldBench score of 87 is merely so-so. But the Hi-Grade DMS II is designed for its Media Center functionality rather than its general capabilities - and for that purpose, it's very effective and fantasti...

It's all very well using your PC to download album after album, stream music videos and film trailers or log on to BBC3, but it's not quite as nice as putting your feet up in the front room.

The ShowCenter has no hard disk and doesn't store any content; it's merely a central connection point. Depending on the physical layout of your home it could prove a useful go-between for the music, photos and video stored on your PC that you'd rather enj...