Chris Gohlke
05-26-2005, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/980/plix_emc_3200hd' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/980/plix_emc_3200hd</a><br /><br /></div><i>"It looks like Ricavision is the new MCE set-top maker in town who's going to start putting some serious heat on the competition with their new line of PLIX Media Center Edition PCs. The company actually has two models out now, but the one that caught our attention is the PLIX EMC 3200HD Media Center PC (retail $2,499). The 3200HD comes in a gorgeous jet-black enclosure, sporting a bright blue LCD, front panel volume control knob, a concealed fontside hot-swappable 2.5-inch 80GB slim hard drive for removable data storage, 3.2Ghz P4, 200GB of internal storage, and is equipped with a dual tuner NTSC and ATSC (over-the-air HD) card capable of 1080i resolution. But if over-the-air HD is not your thing, the slightly less powerful $1,999 EMC 3000 is steal for what it comes packaged with.</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/plix.jpg" /><br /><br />From a features standpoint this seems like a great unit. Style wise, it just looks a lot like a 15 year old VCR to me.