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  Media Center Platinum HDTV Edition
Available in silver and black (see more photos)

  
Now with CableCARD. Watch, record and stream (to Xbox 360) live TV, including premium HDTV from your Media Center. No more set top box!

Our Price: $2,499.00


Availability: Usually Ships in 2 to 3 Weeks
Product Code: MCPE


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Media Center Platinum HDTV Edition
The hub of your home entertainment
 

c2d logo.jpgPowerful Intel Based Platform
Powered by the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor and P35 motherboard, the Platinum Edition can handle any digital media tasks thrown at it; whether you’re recording HDTV, playing back the demanding HD disc formats or streaming multiple videos to Extenders around the home.

HD-DVD_Logo.jpgBlu-ray or HD-DVD playback
Playback the latest high-definition discs and burn your own DVDs or BD discs (HD-DVD burning not currently supported). Full 1080p playbackBlu-ray_logo.jpg support.  Standard DVDs are up-converted to your native HDTV resolution enhancing the quality of DVD playback.

TV_with_Media_Canter.jpgFull 1080p Video Output via HDMI, DVI, Component or VGA
HDMI and DVI are HDCP compliant to ensure seamless playback of HD discs via digital output.

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purevideoHD.jpgNvidia PureVideo HD Technology
NVIDIA PureVideo technology is the combination of a dedicated video processing core and software that delivers ultra-smooth, high-definition H.264, WMV, and MPEG-2 movies. And the high-precision subpixel processing enables videos to be scaled to any size, so that even small videos look like they were recorded in high-resolution.

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Massive Storage For All Your Content
Up to 2.25 terabyte (that’s 2,500 gigabytes!) of storage in fast RAID 5 configuration. All drives have Native Command Queuing to ensure fast data transfers.

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Vista Home Premium
S1Digital’s Media Centers run the latest version of Vista with Media Center. Navigation and control from the couch is easy using the included remote (or optionally add other advanced remotes as well). All patches and updates applied.


dolby_digital_live_logo.gif7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Output audio via S/PDIF to your receiver for Dolby Digital or DTS decoding. Or connect 7.1 channel analog audio to an stand-alone amplifier or powered speakers. Dolby Digital Live encodes 2 channel sources into 5.1 channel surround sound in real time (via S/PDIF).


HDTV_Logo.jpgDual HDTV and SDTV Tuners (Four TV Tuners!)
Watch/record two over the air (ATSC) HDTV channels plus 2 standard definition (from cable, satellite, basic cable or antenna) simultaneously! That’s four channels you can watch, record or stream to Extenders at the same time…

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Multi-room video and audio streaming
Add up to five XBOX 360’s in other rooms to enable playback of video, music, photos and even live TV throughout the house. Or playback your content from the many third party digital media streaming devices.


viiv.jpgIntel Viiv Technology
Easy setup of certified routers, wireless devices and digital media streaming devices. Added content providers just for Viiv customers. Playback of videos, music and more (including protected content and movies) from a Viiv certified digital media player.


Average Customer Review: Based on 6 Reviews. Write a review.

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
Back to the future February 25, 2008
Reviewer: R. G. Arnold from New York City  
My experience with S1 has been a terrific “back to the future”.  S1 will remind you of the old days, when the computer company salesperson could actually discuss in detail with you the configuration of the computer you were considering buying.  (In contrast, for example, try asking a big company phone rep about cable card TV tuners.  As of Feb 08, you’ll be lucky to get anything beyond a personalized reading of the (out-of-date) pop-up description from their web site.)

Equally important is post-sale tech support.  Due to a bone-head move on my part (computer cabinet fell off the wall while the machine was running!), I got a chance to test S1’s tech support.  I can personally attest it is top-notch.  They are available 7 days a week, and patient!

I would highly recommend this company to you.  (I don’t work for S1, nor does my wife or any relatives, I paid the posted price for the Platinum Edition and I am not being compensated for this review, in case you were wondering.)

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  2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 
Love it! August 13, 2007
Reviewer: TM from Ohio  
Got a platinum edition, been using for about a month now. The new media center in vista is great. The unit is pretty quiet, although rather large. I have direct tv so I only get over the air HDTV. But the PQ on it is pretty amazing. So are Bluray discs.

I opend the case to see what it was like inside and they've done a pretty nice job with the wiring too. Everything is neat and airflow is good.

Anyway, recommend this unit to anyone that's thinking about buy it.

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S1 is great! May 26, 2006
Reviewer: HLK from San Francisco  
S1 is great! I’ve been looking around to get a solid and stable high-end MCE a long while but none of them can satisfy what I want and need until I find S1. It is a solid machine and very stable with high quality parts not like other MCE manufactures. If you want the best MCE in the market today, I see you have no choice but S1. Highly recommend.

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Great Product! January 29, 2006
Reviewer: Steve from Seattle  
I've been on the media center band wagon for 2 years.  This is my second MCE pc; one in the Den and this one for the family room.  Having built one myself, choosing the right hardware and getting all the drivers to work correctly is tricky, to say the least.  You can get an MCE from lots of the small & big box retailers...I just returned a brand new Dell XPS 600 after a few days when I realized it was junk.  These guys are using some of the best components available and making sure they work correctly.  The purchase was not painless; upon setting up the first time, the Seagate HDD went bad right away.  They confirmed they had received some bad disks and replaced the system quickly.  I don't mind problems, as long as support is there quickly and professionally to take care of you.  I'd reccomend an S1 system over any box retailer out there (I looked at them all!).

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  4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 
Happy camper October 11, 2005
Reviewer: Jim C from USA  
After reading great things about what a Media Server can do, I looked into all the different vendors. I narrowed it down to three options: HP Z555, Niveus and S1Digital. I chose S1Digital based on price, their really helpful support, future upgradeablity and it included all the Media Center options that you could point a stick at.

Really happy with my purchase. I can't speak highly enough of S1Digital, both Paul and John are really helpful.

Highly recommended!

Jim C.

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