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HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8400f Desktop/Phenom 9500 Quad-
Core/3072MB/ 720GB/ SuperMulti DVD Burner LightScribe/ Nvidia
GeForce 8500 GT/ 15-in-1 Memory Reader/ Windows Vista Home
Premium/ Factory Refurbished

Features
Solid performance and features
Experience Microsoft's latest operating system, genuine Windows Vista Home Premium †† with Service Pack 1
|Save money with refurbished HP products-excess or returned items fully inspected by HP-trained technicians after restoration to original factory specifications
Get things done with the 2.2GHz AMD Phenom Quad-Core Processor 9500; boost performance with the 3072MB PC2 6400 DDR2 SDRAM (2 x 512 and 2 x 1024MB, expandable to 8GB)
Surf the Web via DSL or cable using the 10/100Base-T network interface
Label discs with professional-looking text, photos, and designs using HP LightScribe
Media central
Watch movies with the DVD Super Multi drive
Play games using the high-capacity, 720GB 7200 rpm hard drive; enjoy them more with the Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics
Listen to music and create song playlists for every occasion
Consolidate your photos, videos, music, and movies with AMD Live!, then access through your PC or devices such as mobile phone, MP3 player, Xbox 360 console, or TV
Storage, connections, software
Store 320,000 photos on the 720GB storage with dual 360GB hard drives
Connect accessories like MP3 players, joysticks, and driving wheels via the top- and back-access USB 2.0 ports (two in front, four in back) and FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports (one in front, one in back)
Share files with a thumb drive, iPAQ, or camera via the integrated 15-in-1 digital media card reader1
Edit, organize, and distribute photos and videos with the HP Photosmart Essentials software
Burn DVDs and CDs with the Super Multi DVD drive
Make home videos with the muvee autoProducer software
Guard against viruses, spam, and spyware with the preinstalled Norton Internet Security 2008 software (60-day live update trial)


Tech Specs
Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor AMD LIVE Smarter Digital Entertainment AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor
Memory 3072MB
Memory speed PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
Total memory slots 4 DIMM
Maximum memory Expandable to 8GB
Graphics card Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics card with 256MB dedicated video memory
TV & entertainment experience N/A
PCI expansion 2 PCI (one available); 1 PCI Express x1 (occupied); 1 PCI Express x16 (available)
Hard drive 720GB (2x360GB) 7200RPM [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]
Primary CD/DVD drive SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
Secondary CD/DVD drive N/A
Networking Integrated 10/100 BaseT network interface
Sound card High Definition Audio
Speakers 8 speaker configurable
System N/A
Front-side bus (processor dependent) 2000MHz System Bus
Power supply N/A
I/O ports Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Back) 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 Front, 1 Back) Headphone; Microphone; Line-in (Front) 2 PS/2; Digital Audio In
Software, full versions Photosmart Essential to manage your digital photos(25b)ý muvee autoProducer Basic: Automatically create professional looking home videos videos and burn to DVDý Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe: Automatically fix and edit videos and create CDs and DVDs. Edit, burn and archive data to discs.(13)ý Microsoft Works 9: Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database and calendarý Adobe Reader 8.0: Read and print PDF filesý HP Total Care Advisor: Customizable desktop tool provides support, system health health and shopping information
Software, introductory versions Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Trial: 60-day trial version(14) Norton Internet Security 2007: Protect your PC out of the box (60 days of complimentary complimentary live updates)
Trial Internet service Easy sign-up to major dial-up and broadband Internet Service Providers16) - AOL Basic Dial-Up (offer included) - AOL Dial-Up Advantage (offer included) - AOL High Speed (offer included) - MSN dial-up (offer included) - NetZero Dial-Up (offer included)
Dimensions 15.16 x 7.60 x 16.5 in.
Basic warranty 90-day hardware parts and labor coverage, 90-days of award-winning, toll-free, 24 x 7 support

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Does this have the AMD chip bug that slowed it down?

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Yeller said:Does this have the AMD chip bug that slowed it down?

from what I hear , any phenom not ending in 50 does.

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Using it as a media server, you're not going to notice. You'd be underclocking this to decrease noise anyway. If its too big of an issue, move to Linux or Media Center XP Edition.

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How can they call that a TV ?

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Can one just connect TV cable and watch TV and record TV shows and play it back? Is it that simple? Does this bypass TiVo?

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The hdmi connection on the video card allows you to connect to a large screen tv with hdmi input. I tried it on my JVC 61" tv and the output filled up the entire screen.

Great for watching my beyond tv shows. hehee

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duna said:Can one just connect TV cable and watch TV and record TV shows and play it back? Is it that simple? Does this bypass TiVo?

This one does not have a tuner card. You can add one or Buy has similar deals on a regualr basis between $500 and $600. A past one had a big single hard drive and tuner for about $600. I don't recall the specs exactly. You can search Buy for "HP Refurbished". I am about ready to replace my aging XP Media center PC and don't have to the to source the parts and build it. Its a decent value and plenty of horsepower for use as a media center. Also watch out - some of these have the 64-bit capable system with a 32-bit OS installed.

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