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Home Theatre Computing : MSI MEGA pc
Computing for the final frontier: your living room.
The
idea of every house having its own computer has come true. But even
though all these wonderful things have been realized the computer
has never found a real foothold in the living room.
The computing industry still suffers form the 'great Gray Box' syndrome. In other words: computers are dull boring boxes that don't fit in the living room.
Fortunately someone has wizened up and created a micro systems about the size of a shoe box. And thus a new class of computing was born: Home Theatre Computing
The MEGA, short for MSI Entertainment and Gaming Appliance is what can be called the first true ‘living room’ and Home Theatre computer.
A sleek stylish design that, besides having pretty impressive specs for its size, can also be used as a standalone radio, CD and MP3 player. When a couple of well chosen peripherals are installed in the MEGA chassis it can be used to replace all the audiovisual equipment found in today's living room.
In this review LabDV takes a look at what makes this new class of computers tick, and show what it takes to create a true Home Theatre Computer.
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