Media Centre for Living Room

adamski911

Hi,
Can anybody help me?
I am after a media centre pc for my living room so I can replace my ps3 which I am using to watch my hd movies on aswell as watching freeview via playtv.
I only want to spend around £200 - £300.Nothing too bulky and something that is not too loud.
I have seen a few on ebay ranging from dual to quad core processors but I'm not really too bothered about gaming on it.
I just want to record tv and watch bluray films from the harddrive.
These are 2 that I have been looking at so far:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-DAV-CENTER-D20-MEDIA-CENTRE-HTPC-PC-DUAL-CORE-NEW-/190432623990?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2c56ab3d76#ht_3317wt_936

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Media-Centre-PC-Blu-Ray-E5400-4GB-1TB-1GB-X4500-/110611727906?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item19c0f90622#ht_1338wt_936

Any advise would be appreciated?

SatanicHare

Get an Acer Revo, ideal solution and you can VESA mount them too, 3610 should tick all the boxes and may get cheaper now that the 3700 is due to ship, you can usually pick one up between £180 - £250 depending on spec and operating system

adamski911

Does it come with TV tuner and would it be HD compatible ie I want to hook upto my HD LCD TV via HDMI?

althas

Just make sure whatever you get has DUAL TV tuner cards (or can be easily upgraded). You will be VERY frustrated with only 1