Does anyone have any personal experience with the HP Digital Entertainment Center?

Question

Wondering if it come s with everything needed to be a complete home theater and/or personal computer. Warranty information would be great, flaws/complications, and any other info!

Answer 1

It is in effect a PC in steroids. It has Digital tuner (ANT), and you can use the Windows Media center as PVR.

It has no audio amplifier though.

hp.com should have more info on it.

Answer 2

I've used the 558 and the 565 DECs in systems. They are well thought out for home theater which goes a long way towards eliminating complications.

It can work as a stand alone with amplified speakers but I always use it with a good surround processor, like the RX-V3800 Yamaha for example. That allows greater speaker flexibility.

Only trouble so far is one dead power supply and one crashed hard drive out of several units in the field.