HP relaunches CableCARD media PC, redubs it m8100y

Well, would you check this out. Those "issues" that HP was apparently having with its Digital Tuner-equipped m8010y have finally been remedied... in the form of an entirely new machine. Strange as it may be to believe, searching for an m8010y or d4890y at HP's webshop yields information about two recently decommissioned products rather than giving you access to buy one of your own, and users searching for a CableCARD-ready media PC will instead be forced by buy an m8100y. Interestingly, the base CPU is now a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo E6560 and the included graphics card is the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS, and while you'd certainly benefit from a few select upgrades, mettlesome souls can snag the newest HP to (hopefully) play nice with ATI's Digital Cable tuner for as low as $1,149.99.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 2nd 2007 12:11PM]

The saga continues!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2007 9:08AM]

It is listed at $849, here: http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category/desktops/m8100y_series/3/computer_store

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2007 9:18AM]

Eww... Windows Vista. I'll wait for the availability to install an upgrade to my Windows XP machine.

Also, the earlier price was correct, I didn't see that the ATI Wonder card is additional $300 until I configured a PC to see what would be necessary... mine ended up being $3,259. Not with Vista... not for me. I'll stick with XP, it runs faster.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2007 11:46PM]

Eww, XP!! The purpose of this thing is for your living room. The whole point of using Vista is enjoying its dramatically improved and revamped Windows Media Center. The one in Vista is absolutely gorgeous, and runs natively on Xbox 360 when extended to it.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2007 11:48PM]

Not to mention, Windows XP Media Center doesn't support CableCARD.