Dead format rises from the grave
11 Apr 2008 | 14:03 BST
Don't chuck out those HD DVDs just yet
IF YOU WERE CAUGHT on the wrong side of the HD format war, and you're in the market for a mini PC with a bit of multimedia oomph, Shuttle could have the very thing.
Its newly-released G5 6801m can be tricked up with a dual function optical drive capable of using both Blu-Ray and the now deceased HD-DVD at full 1080p (for those of you still banging rocks together to make fire, that's one thousand and eighty lines of vertical resolution, progressively scanned... or as good as it gets in high definition terms) to a suitably-equipped display. Your ears are also in for a treat with full 7.1 surround.
And it all comes in a box that won't break your spine every time you have to move it to make a new connection. It won't exactly shine if you're a massive gamer, but will look mighty purdy sat on the bookshelves in your living room, chucking out movies and Webfoolery.
Number crunching is taken care of by an AMD Dual-Core Processor and ATI HD graphics card.
L'Inq
Shuttle
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