System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 1. system builder marathon. Today we build a low cost ($1,004) Media Center PC and cut corners to reduce its price to under $800. Tomorrow we'll do a top of the line model.. Today, we build a low cost system priced...

• -How And What We Tested

System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 2. system builder marathon. Yesterday we built a low cost ($1,004) Media Center PC. Today we'll do a top of the line $3,300 model and, just for fun, up the price to $4,000 and beyond.. Yesterday, we built a low cost...

• -How And What We Tested
• -Each Component Considered, Continued

System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 3. system builder marathon. We've built low cost ($1,004) and high cost ($3,299) Media Center PCs. Today we discuss our experience with the builds and offer some righteous recommendations.. Our high end media...

• -Benchmarks And Results Compared

though some of these don't come in the box, they help make one builder better than another. You need to know - are there any intangibles that come with the system? This is where we break out the magnifying glass and read the fine print. Both system builders...

in the offing, analog-only TV gear is becoming obsolete.. We worked with a modified version of a test system we put together for another recent media PC story (System Builder Marathon (Media PCs): Day 1). All the components were the same, except we used...

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