Alienware HANGAR18

Обзор эксперта: : Rich Brown (cnet.com)

Alienware Hangar18 Premium review: Alienware Hangar18 Premium

Alienware Hangar18 Premium

Streamlined design mostly living room-friendly; consumer electronics-oriented online purchasing; strong assortment of A/V inputs and outputs; motion-sensitive remote and coffee table-friendly keyboard.

Too many issues with Blu-ray movie playback; more expensive, and slower, than competing HTPCs; needs to replace 802.11b/g with Draft N option.

Alienware's Hangar18 checks off most of the right home-theater PC boxes, with the core design, the variety of inputs, and its peripherals lending it a strong foundation. But from the poor Blu-ray software performance to the subpar bang-for-the-buck,...

Окт, 2007

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Обзор эксперта: : AVRev.com (avrev.com)

Alienware Hangar18 Media Center PC

The Basics: The Alienware Hangar18 is a highly configurable Windows Media Center PC, with different disc drive options, hard drive sizes, RAM levels and peripherals. Its base price is $2229, but the specs above reflect one of the highest-end...

Янв, 2009

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Обзор эксперта: : Bob Buskirk (thinkcomputers.org)

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

Home theater PC's have become very popular lately. It seems almost everyone I know has been taking their old computers and turning them into media machines. Well what if you want the best media machine money can buy? The Alienware Hangar18 HD...

Everything is setup for you ; Sleek and stylish design ; Can watch and record live TV ; 1080p Viewing ; Blu-ray capabilities (select models) ; Ease of use

Price

Coming from a company that is known for gaming PC's Alienware has done a great job with the Hangar18. The biggest thing that I see in the Hangar18 is its easy setup and ease of use. All you really have to do is plug it in, and there are easy to...

Май, 2008

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Обзор эксперта: : Chris Chiarella (hometheater.com)

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

You've seen me write in these pages about the allure of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system for PC, with its integrated Media Center application for serious next-generation living rooms. And you probably have one or more techy friends who...

Мар, 2008

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Обзор эксперта: : Chris Chiarella (soundandvision.com)

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

It's like a UFO landed between your sofa and TV. You've seen me write in these pages about the allure of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system for PC, with its integrated Media Center application for serious next-generation living rooms. And you...

Мар, 2008

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Обзор эксперта: : Chris Chiarella (hometheatermag.com)

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center

You've seen me write in these pages about the allure of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system for PC, with its integrated Media Center application for serious next-generation living rooms. And you probably have one or more techy friends who...

lications, without requiring a lot of guesswork by the consumer. Inspired touches like a volume knob and hidden front-panel inputs bring the preconfigured HTPC category to a new level, and it worked seamlessly from day one, if not always smoothly.

Мар, 2008

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