HTPC Blu: Blu-ray Drive, SP/DIF Optical Audio, 4GB RAM, Intel E6300 £399
Our new Home Theatre PC, and smaller than a shoebox. We've combined powerful onboard Nvidia 9300 graphics and a Blu-ray drive with DVI, HDMI, Optical and Coaxial Audio out (as well as a legacy VGA ports.
Every other HTPC out there seems to be Micro ATX isntead of Mini ITX and Blu-ray is always an optional upgrade. What's the point of having a 1080p-capable PC if you have to speed a week on Bittorrent downloading a 20GB Blu-ray rip? Blu-ray optical drives should be standard and it is on ours. Otherwise, just buy a dedicated sub £100 media player (though their interfaces are usually terrible).
The limitation of mini-ITX and small PCs is it can be difficult to sqeeze in an extra graphics card. With that in mind, we've gone with some of the best onboard graphics available, the Nvidia 9300. And instead of using a dual core Atom processor, we're fitting it with a new Pentium Dual Core E6300 Processor, with 2 x 2.8GHz CPUs, FSB of 1066Mhz, and 2MB of L2 Cache. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLGU9
Combined with 4GB of RAM, that makes this a tiny HTPC that you can actually use for gaming and general multi-tasking. All for just £399 ex VAT.
October 14th, 2009 - 06:17
I’m currently looking for an htpc and yours is looking good. It’s a shame you didn’t include an ir port so it’s controllable with a simple remote.
November 14th, 2009 - 20:53
I share Yves comment: looking good, i was just about to order it to use as a linux+xbmc box, when I noticed that you didn’t include an IR port and remote.
It’s kind of incredible you omitted a remote in an htpc rig. I guess I will wait a bit for your next model that will surely include remote.
keep us posted
August 16th, 2010 - 05:22
i find that Pioneer and LG home theater systems are quite good and inexpensive too.*.
November 9th, 2010 - 03:19
12 inch subwoofers are great for Home Theatres because they generate a great deal of bass :
January 16th, 2011 - 14:17
Hi
Are you selling any HTPC’s … or do you have a new model out soon?
Regards
JAg
January 20th, 2011 - 13:31
We frequently sell the Aleutia H1 PC which is extremely tiny and can be VESA mounted:
http://www.aleutia.com/products/h1
It has an atom 330 CPU and Ion Chipset.
We’ll soon be releasing an AMD Fusion PC with dual HDMI output.
If silence is important then I’d recommend our new fanless Sandy Bridge system which includes a passively cooled Core i5 2400S quad core CPU and outstanding HTPC capabilities:
http://www.aleutia.com/products/di5-core-i5-fanless-pc