Comments on: On Looking For A Media PC: The Dell Studio Hybrid

By: Shaun Greene

Shaun Greene — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:18:07 +0000

I don’t know if you like building your own PC, but I’ve built 4 of my own and got twice the computer for half the price, and without all the stupid software that computer manufacturers load on the machines. I like tigerdirect.com for parts, and they have an easy to search website. For home theater pc cases, see

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=3427

Then just put whatever guts you need that have the horsepower.

By: Felipe Burneo

Felipe Burneo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:16:02 +0000

Seems like a very good catch if it weren’t pre-loaded with Windows Vista.
I like the multimedia capabilities and that may be a plus. The most interesting thing of this gizmo might be the low energy consumption capability that cannot be underestimated. Really, I haven’t used one of these before but it may be a nice way of having a computer that size in just to use them to playback Internet videos from hulu.com or slingmedia.com
The designs makes it interesting as it will not occupy that much space and the stylish finish makes it also nice-to-watch.

By: Stacia Hazzard

Stacia Hazzard — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:40:56 +0000

I think it’s a cool idea, but they need to work the kinks out of it. I like my computer to run smoothly and I know sometimes they have a mind of their own, but they need to improve and fix the problems.

By: Jongho James Lee

Jongho James Lee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:02:55 +0000

I remember seeing that in the magazine and was really interested. However, I think it wouldn’t be that good compared to the big desk top ones in terms of functionality. It is just too small to handle big tasks.

By: Lauren Withers

Lauren Withers — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:49:15 +0000

I do not know very much about this type of stuff so I would not be able to help you out. It is really new technology so I can expect for there to be a lot of problems that will need to be fixed.

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:17:09 +0000

I would never buy a Dell… In reality I would probably never buy a pre-built PC… If I were you I would just assemble my own (if you can turn a screw driver you can make your own PC, the hard part is deciding what YOU want in it and what you want it to do). You can make it as powerful as you want, with all the options that you want and probably for less than what dell will charge you. You could even get a PVR and make it a DVR as well… Windows Media Center is actually very nice (and thats A LOT coming from me) and has PVR/DVR capabilities built in. Although I hear comcast and others are trying to prevent PVRs from working because they want you to pay for their DVR…

I would say AppleTV but it does not do 1080p well. You could wait for the new Mac Minis to come out, but probably not exactly what you want (it can be hacked like the AppleTV to do pretty much whatever you want). Run Boxee on it (which can do hulu again via a hack, but its fairly sketchy because its so new…), can even buy external PVRs and do the whole “DVR” thing too, however, Windows Media Center is a cleaner way to do it (wow, I really can’t believe I just said that…).

Jim

By: Breanna Ware

Breanna Ware — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:43:15 +0000

I have never had any experience with either of the Dell devices, however, if you find a way to view hulu.com, ect. the way your trying to, please let put it on your blog. I’d love to read about it.

By: Sergio Flores

Sergio Flores — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:28:04 +0000

Well, I havent really touched one of those PC’s yet. If what I’ve read in PC Magazine is true then the Studio Hybrid is good enough for word processing and e-mails….thats about it. It looks ‘nice’ but I must say that I think the software is too big and powerful for such a ‘small’ hardware package.

APPLE RULES!!

By: Spencer McKee

Spencer McKee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:14:48 +0000

I think it’s a neat idea but like Katie said, they need to improve performance before they can expect a lot of buyers.

By: Katie Robinson

Katie Robinson — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:35:18 +0000

I don’t know really what to think about this. It looks neat, but as it was said that its not the best preformance. Thats what I was told when I looked into it also, I don’t really know alot about the electronics. But from what I was told it wasn’t the best idea to get into.