At the moment I am considering a Dell with Windows MCE
Specs are as follows
Dimension 5150
Intel D 820 DualCore 2.8GHz, 2MB L2 and 800MHZ FSB
MCE2005
no extra dell support
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHZ sdram
128mb pcie x16 ati radeon graphics card
wireless keyboard and mouse
19 inch flatpanel
250 GB SATA HDD partitioned to a 40GB and 210GB
16x dvd+/- rw with DL
Integrated 7.1 audio + standard dell speakers (likely to plug into stereo though)
13 in 1 card reader
MCE Remote
no tv card at this stage
Any thoughts?
it should be sufficient I imagine, it is not as expensive as the HP machines and a 19inch LCD monitor is a decent start as a tv substitute.