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Onkyo’s HDC-1L straddles the fence between nettop and HTPC

Now this — this is an interesting character. Part nettop, part HTPC, the Sotec-branded HDC-1L series is a unique mixture of components that are traditionally found in either a diminutive desktop or a media center PC (but rarely both). First and foremost, this little bugger relies on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 CPU, and it only packs 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows XP, Ethernet, audio in / out, VGA, slot-loading DVD drive, a few USB ports and a remote input. Sadly, there’s no integrated TV tuner to speak of, but with a starting price of just ¥59,800 ($640), we suppose you could add one and still come in well under the cost of most pre-fab HTPCs. The box should be available in Japan as early as tomorrow, and it’ll purportedly be sold with a number of upgrades and extras for those fond of the bundled approach.

[Via Impress]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs

Onkyo’s HDC-1L straddles the fence between nettop and HTPC originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia XpressMusic 5610 Mobile Phone
Nokia XpressMusic 5610 Mobile Phone

Refurb Kindles now available for $329; please, try to contain yourselves

With Black Friday a thing of the past and the holiday season rapidly approaching, you want to hook up everyone you know with something nice. Amazon’s trying to make that a bit easier on the wallet by offering up refurbished Kindles for $329 straight up — a first for the funky little ebook reader. While it’s not as much of a price reduction as we would have liked, it is a start, but with new devices and pricing rumored for early 2009, to us it just seems like too little, too late.

[Via KindleBoards]

Filed under: Handhelds

Refurb Kindles now available for $329; please, try to contain yourselves originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung HT-X710T Home Theater System
Samsung HT-X710T Home Theater System
Art Lebedev Reinvents the Traffic Light
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