Multimedia player all in One Barebone SUPER pc from MSI !

[zosten]

Beautifull Multimedia player
An all in One Barebone SUPER pc from MSI !



http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/pro_slm_detail.php?UID=431&MODEL=MEGA651

:P • Hi-Fi Audio + Performance PC + HomeTheater
• AM/FM Radio Tuner
• Audio CD Player
• MP3 Music CD Player
• Front Panel LCM Dispaly
• Provided Remote Controller
• MSI™ Media Center Software (Optional)
• TV-Tuner Funciton (Optional)
8) • 6-in-1 Card Reader Function







CPU Intel® Pentium® 4
Socket 478
FSB 533/400MHz
Chipest SiS® 651
SiS® 962
Memory DDR333/266/200 x 2
Max. 2G
Expansion Slots PCI Slot x1
AGP 4X x1
On-board USB USB2.0 x6
On-board IEEE1394 Integrated SiS 1394 Controller
UPD72852 PHY
Front Panel con. x2
On-board Modem MDC module
On-board Sound Integrated Realtek ALC650 AC'97 Codec
6 Channel
On-board VGA Integrated VGA Engine in NB chipset
LAN RealTek RTL8101L Fast Ethernet Controller
10Mb/s and 100Mb/s auto-negotiation operation
On-board Connector Rear Panel:
Parallel port x1
Serial port x1
VGAx1
PS/2 x2
Mic-In/Line-In/Line-Out x1
USB x2
LAN (RJ45) x1
SPDIF x1
Modem (RJ11) x1

Front Panel:
Mic-In/Headphone x1
USB x2
SPDIF x1
1394 x1 (4 pin)
1394 x1(6 pin)

Card Reader Function 6-in-1 Flash Card Reader
TV Tuner Function MS-8606 TV Tuner Card (Optional)
Power off Function Playback for MP3, Audio CD, AM/FM Radio Tuner (Remote Controller)

Power Supply 200W (PFC)
Chassis 202(W) x 320(D) x 151(H) mm
Packing Dimension 279(W) x 435(D) x 360(H) mm

[txpharoah]

Nothing spectacular hardware-wise, but a little toy like this surely has it's uses. Portable, easy to conceal or hide in a safe, and space saving. But how much? I bet it's got a higher cost just because it's small. I once looked for a small system to travel with, but opted for a laptop instead and forget the video capture card (for now). The laptop was only a few hundred more.

[Craig Tucker]

No hard drive ?

[zosten]

the price is about 350 € (same as $)

i've been reading the manual , (free download)
and there are a few options and this is a little sad, but the price is still OK!
the update is your choice then ...


these are in options:

Optical Drive
Tv-out
Optional MS8606 (watching tv)???
Tv-Tuner card is incl in the Mega 651 (and it's optional ????)
SECOND HDD/Card Reader/Fdd

It's a beautyfull Handy Case, but you need to buy a lot more to use all of it !
I wanted to have this 4 using it on our new sauna & relax center, to connect 5.1 speakers and let it play all day while it shows slides/pictures of the things we do ... a home theater dvd system can't do this separetly!
but...
before i buy this i'll check everthing double !!!

They are very mysterious about what's in it and what's optional !

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[MOVIEGEEK]

Where's the DVD-ROM?
Isn't a P4 overkill?

[The village idiot]

If you are in Europe, check out http://www.mini-itx.com

or N. America http://www.idot.com

You might find what you need from them.

[txpharoah]

I have a "bookcase" PC for a DivX player. Don't use it much, but it serves as a great video game emulation machine. No need to pull out systems anymore and re-wire games systems, just load the NES or whatever and play away. It costs $500 and have DVD-ROM, P3 Intel, 128 RAm, works great.

[zosten]

whhooowwww,

nice links YOU've sending 2 me !

i really didn't know this exists, many tnx for the replies !
I live in Belgium and they really do not known this all,
they only sell boring cases and stuff everybody have, cause they are afraid customers don't buy this stuff, ofcourse they don't buy it if you don't sell it !
I know this could be junk but what i show here was a little hope ...
maybe there are people who knows better things in the world to buy !
I see it on the links here...
I wanted to buy a system just like a stereo when the comp is not power on
and i like the display like MSI do now, but is it -somewhere in the world- a possebility to buy some stuff separatly (sorry 4 my english) ...?

Many tnx !

btw i'll check now the links deeper...

[txpharoah]

This is nice too. Built one for the kids.
http://www.junkmachine.com/nintendo/

[The village idiot]

The mini-ITX stuff has a lot of promise. I own one of the M-9000 boards, and it really works well. People are just starting to work on them, and there might be some good products that evolve from them.