HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8010y CTO Desktop PC

HP Updated: 2007-06-14

Featuring Intel's latest dual and quad core processors for amazing digital entertainment, the Media Center m8010y will become the focal point for all your digital adventures.

Windows Vista for smooth operations
Get things done, stay connected, and enjoy a variety of entertainment in a secure environment with Windows Vista. This series comes with Vista Home Premium, which includes Windows Aero, Windows Media Center, and instant search functionality.

Hot technology
The latest Intel Core processors represent Intel's most revolutionary step up since the original Pentium processor. They feature state-of-the art, 64-bit microarchitecture for incredible system responsiveness and energy efficiency. For maximum horsepower, you can customize with either two or four processor cores. The dual-core technology is ideal for high-definition entertainment and games, especially when running multiple applications, and it's up to 40 percent faster, plus more energy efficient than previous processors. For unmatched performance with power-hungry multimedia and software applications, choose the four-core option.

Television transformation
This series includes a PCI TV tuner card with a personal video recorder, which lets you record both shows and entire series, plus pause and rewind live material. And you can upgrade to a dual tuner that lets you watch and record two shows at once2. Either way, the included remote lets you direct the action from up to 10 feet away.

Eye-pleasing graphics
Customize your m8010y with a dedicated graphics card and bring images, videos, and games to life on your screen. A graphics card with dedicated video memory will help your system run more smoothly when handling large, graphics-intense applications, including those found in most games.

Fun, durable labels
The included HP DVD writer with HP's cool LightScribe technology3 lets you burn precise, professional-looking labels from your PC right on LightScribe-enabled CDs and DVDs. After burning a disc, you just flip it over and insert it back in the same drive for labeling; there's no need to print, align, or stick anything. In addition, all m8010y PCs can be configured with a secondary optical drive that lets you play and burn a DVD at the same time, including an option for adding a high-definition DVD-ROM, which boasts up to six times better resolution than normal DVD-ROM formats.

Blu-ray DVD
Want to experience the future of DVD technology? Step up to HP's Blu-ray disc writer, which lets you maximize high-definition entertainment in three ways. You can read and write Blu-ray discs, read HD DVD discs, and read and write traditional DVDs and CDs. Once you experience high-def DVDs, you'll never go back to traditional again. Note: you'll need the 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8500GT dedicated graphics card for maximum performance.

Storage galore
You can never have too much space for digital video files, photos, and songs, so these PCs have Serial ATA hard drives with up to 400GB (7200 rpm) when you customize. In addition, you can select a RAID-enabled hard drive up to 400GB large for mirroring (data backup and security) or high performance.

Security software included
The Pavilion m8010y comes with a 15-month subscription to Norton Internet Security 2007 software; you can upgrade to 36 months of protection from viruses, worms, and other malicious programs. For even greater protection, select Roxio BackUp MyPC software, which creates automatic file backups and restores files in the event of a system crash.

Fast file transfers
This series makes it simple to transfer photos and music from portable devices and digital cameras to your PC. You'll download everything fast with the built-in 15-in-1 digital media card reader.