Editorial Review

The easy-to-use HP m7260n Media Center PC is the complete home PC system that delivers more entertainment choices, and brings them together in one place with easy access from anywhere in the room. With the m7260n, you can watch, record, and pause live TV programming as well as schedule the PC to record upcoming episodes or entire series. And you can easily burn your home video productions to DVD for friends and family with the dual-layer, multi-format LightScribe DVD/CD burner, which enables you to store up to 8.5 GB of data on a DL disc. It also comes loaded with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Update Rollup 2), which provides support for Media Center Extender technology built into XBox 360 game consoles. It features a hyper-threading 3.0 GHz Pentium D dual-core processor for powering through work as multiple applications hum along simultaneously and without stress, as well as 1 GB of installed RAM (4 GB maximum), massive 300 GB hard drive, ATI Radeon x300se video card, TV tuner card with FM tuner, and 5.1-channel surround sound. Read more

Features

• Multimedia-oriented desktop with integrated TV tuner and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Update Rollup 2)
• Hyper-threaded 3.0 GHz Pentium D 830 dual-core processor, 2 MB total L2 cache, 800 MHz front-side bus
• 300 GB hard drive, 1 GB installed RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner, DVD-ROM drive
• Six USB 2.0, two Firewire, one VGA, one S-Video, one composite AV, 9-in-1 memory card reader, 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
• ATI Radeon x300se video card with 128 MB video RAM, Intel High Definition audio (Azalia) with 5.1-channel surround sound

Reviews (4)

God help you if you need technical support
I bought the big brother version of this unit and most of it worked except for burning CDs & DVDs.After hours of calls via India and several US location, my machine will not even recognize the drives.This is all after sending the CPU back to HP to fix and it still came back broken. They now want me to wipe 9 months of data and start new, and then send it again to HP.They will make no commitments as to how many times I will have to return it for repairs.They are just stalling for the warranty expiration.Totally unethical!

Save your money for ...
If you're considering this or any other HP Media Center, save your money. First, there are a number of bugs to consider, none of which HP has been able to help with. First among these problems is the fact that the computer tends to freeze up at random for about ten seconds at a time. This would be no more than a slight annoyance except that it can waste a lot of blank media whenever the machine freezes while burning a CD or DVD. Second, is the generally poor image quality of the TV feature. A better option is to buy a good Sony VAIO or other quality computer and then upgrade to a good-quality video card that includes a TV tuner and necessary software. Nor does the Micorosft Media Center operating system add much to the overall experience. Sometime this year (2006) or early next, Microsoft will release their next operating system, which (according to everything I've read) will be so radically different that the Media Center edition will begin to feel like one is using Windows 95. In general, I recommend looking elsewhere.

M7260 Photosmart Pent D Review
My HP Photosmart PC works like a charm. I've had it for about 4 months now and it is flawless. If you can take advantage of the features avaliable such as: Media Center, Memory card slots (CF, SD, etc), Great Graphics (the provided ATI Radeon x350 does the job and more), Litescribe Burner, Dvd Burner, Dvd Player, and much more, then this product is for you.
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Editorial Review

The perfect blend of mobility, style, and performance, the HP dv1040us will become the center of your digital entertainment universe, whether at home, at school, or on the road. It features a 1.6 GHz Intel Centrino processor, which offers energy saving battery efficiency. It also has a 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, 54g Wi-Fi connectivity, a 14-inch display, and a DVD+R/RW and CD-R/RW combo drive. Read more

Features

• Intel Pentium M Processor
• 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD
• DVD+R/RW, 14 W-XGA

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HP Sucks
HP has the WORST customer service of any company of any kind that I have ever dealt with. I have never called without having spent at least one hour on the phone with them before the various extensions in India, none of whom are helpful. And once the service is complete the computer is usually returned with more problems than they were origionally sent with. I would never buy another HP again.

Love It, Love It, Love It!
It's fast, easy to use, and beautiful. It's fully loaded with all the key features of today. I didn't expect it to be THIS great when I saw it online! Love it! Get it!

I'm very happy with my HP laptop
This is my first PC laptop.I have been using an iBook prior to this.
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Features

• Slim, sleek, and affordable
• Dazzling Transflective TFT color with LED backlight display
• Pocket versions of familiar applications like Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Removable/rechargeable battery and integrated keyboard
• Integrated Bluetooth

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All I need in one pocket pc
I love this item. It is an easy way to carry around a whole bunch of great systems in one handheld. I recommend this item to anyone that is looking for a great, organized pocket pc. The features are the best ever. Don't listen to those losers that saythe screen cracks and it is a ripoff. This is actually an awesome tool to use anywhere.

What a GREAT product! Made me switch to PocketPC
I was nervous about switching over to PocketPC from palm, and that I would lose my information,programs, capabilities... But boy was I wrong! The transition was as easy as pie!Read more

Editorial Review

The HP Pavilion a1230n comes loaded with the all tools you need to easily create, manage, share, and enjoy your digital photos, home videos, movies, and music. It features a wide range of connectivity options for all your peripherals and preloaded HP Image Zone Plus photo editing and management software. It comes loaded with 1 GB of RAM, which can be bumped up to 4 GB, as well as a roomy 200 GB hard drive. It also features an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2 GHz processor, LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner, additional DVD-ROM drive, a 9-in-1 memory card reader that's compatible with today's most popular digital camera formats, and a wide assortment of pre-loaded software.Read more

Features

• Entertainment-focused desktop PC with 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3700+ processor, 1 MB L2 cache.
• 200 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (4 GB max), LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support, 48x CD-ROM
• Six USB 2.0, two Firewire, one parallel, one VGA, one 9-in-1 memory card reader, 10/100 Ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem
• ATI Radeon x200 video card with up to 256 MB of shared video RAM, Intel High Definition audio (Azalia) with 5.1-channel surround sound
• Windows Media Center 2005 (Service Pack 2)

Reviews (12)

I give the HP a1230n one-half notch above mediocre...
I bought the a1230n for about 875.00 (not incl. monitor) in Sept '05.I give it a hlaf notch above mediocre.Solid cabinet, separare DVD/CD drive bays, handy audio jacks in the front, 4 USB jacks.MD processor is suppose to be better for multi-media..hmmm.Replaced the chinsey keyboard/mouse included in the package.I grew up in HP territory, the once thriving giant HP comlex is now a ghost town.Almost all design/assebly is outsourced now, this unit assembled in China.Whould I buy it again knowing what I know now ...naah.

It's OK for the money
My friend bought this computer from BestBuy, a big electronics retailer. It had a good price for what it had and it came with a free monitor.
Good overall, but at this price expected more
HP has good reliable pcs which is saying a lot considering the amount of junk out there.Still with basic cpus selling under $400 I expect a lot more for the extra dough.The dvd drive can be testy, meaning it may or not work.I've had trouble w/ other drives and disk burning hardware is not as reliable as the old floppy drives.The speed seems fine and I didn't experience slow down on word processing.I like to edit video so the memory and processing have proved to be sufficient.It isn't a super computer but it does the job. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Blending affordability with productivity power, the HP Pavilion dv5130us notebook PC is a great choice for both business road warriors and multimedia enthusiasts on the go. The 15.4-inch BrightView display looks good even in direct sunlight, and movies and games will look clear thanks to the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video/graphics card (with 128 MB of shared memory). Enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). Control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the included HP remote, then store it conveniently in the PC card slot. Easily share digital photos with the included HP Image Zone Plus software.Read more

Features

• Notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen and 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 with 2 MB L2 cache
• 100 GB SATA hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (2 GB max), LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
• Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, one ExpressCard/54, microphone, headphone
• 10/100 Ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem; tri-mode wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g); Bluetooth wireless
• Windows XP Media Center edition (SP2); HP Image Zone Plus

Editorial Review

Blending affordability with productivity power, the HP Pavilion dv4270us notebook PC is a great choice for both business road warriors and multimedia enthusiasts on the go. The 15.4-inch BrightView display looks good even in direct sunlight, and movies and games will look clear thanks to the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (with 128 MB of shared memory). Enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). Control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the optional HP remote, then store it conveniently in the PC card slot. And you'll stay productive with the battery-sipping 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740 (Centrino) 725A processor. This notebook also features a 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), built-in 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support, dual layer DVD+/-RW drive (which also burns CDs), and multi-format memory card reader. Read more

Features

• Notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen and 1.73 GHz Intel Pentium M 740 processor (Centrino), 533 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache
• 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (2 GB maximum), multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
• Four USB 2.0, one Firewire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone, IR receiver
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition (Service Pack 2); HP Image Zone Plus

Editorial Review

Balance your need for productivity with great multimedia performance with the HP Pavilion dv8140us notebook PC, which features an amazingly bright, widescreen 17-inch BrightView display--perfect for multitasking between document windows and watching movies in their native aspect ratio. It comes loaded with the Windows Media Center operating system, which features an assortment of multimedia applications that help to make editing and managing photos, videos, and music as simple as possible. And you can easily burn your home video productions to DVD for friends and family with the dual-layer, multi-format LightScribe DVD/CD burner, which enables you to store up to 8.5 GB of data on a DL disc. Enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). And you'll stay productive with the 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-40 processor. This notebook also features an innovative dual hard drive with two 100 GB drives (for a 200 GB capacity), 2 GB of installed RAM (which maxes out its capacity), built-in 54g wireless connectivity, Bluetooth wireless capability, an ATI Radeon XPress 200M video/graphics card with 128 MB of dedicated video RAM, Windows XP Media Center operating system, and integrated TV tuner. Read more

Features

• Multimedia-focused laptop with 17-inch Brightview screen and 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-40 with 1 MB L2 cache
• Dual 100 GB hard drives (for 200 GB total), 2 GB of RAM (2 GB max), LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
• Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone, IR receiver
• 10/100 Ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g), Bluetooth
• Windows Media Center 2005; HP Image Zone Plus

Editorial Review

Blending affordability with productivity power, the HP Pavilion dv4250us notebook PC is a great choice for both business road warriors and multimedia enthusiasts on the go. The 15.4-inch BrightView display looks good even in direct sunlight, and movies and games will look clear thanks to the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (with 128 MB of shared memory). Enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). Control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the optional HP remote, then store it conveniently in the PC card slot. And you'll stay productive with the battery-sipping 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium M (Centrino) processor 725A processor. This notebook also features a 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), built-in 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support, dual layer DVD+/-RW drive (which also burns CDs), and multi-format memory card reader. Read more

Features

• Notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen and 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium M 725A processor (Centrino), 400 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache
• 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM (2 GB maximum), multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
• Four USB 2.0, one Firewire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone, IR receiver
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition (Service Pack 2); HP Image Zone Plus

Reviews (2)

So far so good...
So far I have enjoyed using my HP pavilion...it has given me no trouble at all. Wireless is great as well as speed and memory.I have not had a chance to use the DVD burner yet but am not anxious.

Very nice so far
After using IBM ThinkPad for 6 years I was looking for something cheap because Thinkpad are not (Lenovo???). So far HP DV4250 works fine because I got this for half price of ThinkPad. 15.4 inch screen is pretty good (1280x800 and true color). Main thing performance is good and you can always increase RAM to 1GB but 512MB enough for general use. (I am software Pro and notebook is ideal for development work). Never played any game but movies runs fine and burner works great. Overall 4.5 out of 5. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Blending affordability with productivity power, the HP Pavilion dv5120us notebook PC is a great choice for both business road warriors and multimedia enthusiasts on the go. The 15.4-inch BrightView display looks good even in direct sunlight, and movies and games will look clear thanks to the ATI Radeon XPress 200 video/graphics card (with 128 MB of shared memory). Enjoy movies or music in seconds with the external DVD or music buttons to launch HP QuickPlay (which bypasses the boot process). Control playback settings from up to 10 feet away with the included HP remote, then store it conveniently in the PC card slot. Easily share digital photos with the included HP Image Zone Plus software. And you'll stay productive with the 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32 processor. This notebook also features an 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (2 GB max), built-in 54g wireless connectivity with 125 HSM/Speedbooster support, LightScribe multi-format/dual-layer DVD+/-RW drive (which also burns CDs), and Windows XP Home edition. Read more

Features

• Notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen and 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32 processor
• 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (2 GB max), LightScribe multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
• Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, one ExpressCard/54, microphone, headphone
• 10/100 Ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem; 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition (SP2); HP Image Zone Plus

Reviews (1)

Go back to Dell
I bought this computer a couple months ago and have only been disappointed.First there is all kinds of annoying software installed that you have to uninstall. Second, on the keyboard the shift key broke. I have sent it back to HP and they have had it for 2 weeks now waiting for the part that they told me would take 3 days to fix.
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Editorial Review

Work faster and more productively with the special edition HP L2105NR notebook PC. You'll also be helping to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF).With your purchase, $50 from each HP L2105NR notebook goes to the LAF. The LAF provides the practical tools and information that people living with cancer need to live strong. Jointly developed by HP and processor manufacturer AMD, the L2105NR features the LIVERead more

Features

• $50 from each notebook purchase goest to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF)
• 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32, 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM (2 GB max), dual layer DVD+/-RW drive
• Integrated 54g wireless LAN with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster and BroadRange support, built-in Ethernet, 56K modem
• Three USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire, one S-Video out, one PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I/Type II card, multiformat memory card reader
• Windows XP Home edition, SP2

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What happens after 6 months
I got this notebook last fall and was quite happy with it - for a reasonable price the configuration you get is much more better than the competitive laptops. I was thinking that this is a good deal that cannot be true - and I was right.