Alienware PCs are known for hardcore gaming; I never thought about just staring at them. Now Sci Fi Tech says that those sweet game geeks are planning their own line of Media Center PCs—god love ‘em.
The DHS A isn’t just another pretty component: It rocks 1,000 watts into your home theater sound. Other features include AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors and a 160-GB drive.
You can start salivating, but you’d better get a drool bucket: The A Series won’t be available until next year.

This JVC projector offers more onscreen pixels than most, and a THX mode.
DPI, Sunfire and SnapAV deliver high performance at a reasonable price.
Sayonara, set-top box? Or will it just take an energy-saving nap?
It’s hard to imagine life without remote controls, but it’s been a long, strange path to the modern incarnation we know and love today.