All-in-one PC/TV

["Pauls Hotmail" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looking for recommendations for an all-in-one PC for the kitchen to
replace
the current setup of a separate LCD TV/Monitor and shuttle PC sitting next
to it... The PC is a few years old now and is getting a bit long in the
tooth. It also has stopped powering on since last week when a blown bulb
tripped the MCB for the kitchen circuits - it's probably nothing more than
a
fuse in the plug that needs changing, but this seems like as good an excuse
as any to look at replacing it!



I'm after something "like" the HP Touchsmarts, - has to look
nice.. In truth
it doesn't have to be supremely powerful, - I *do* want it to run Windows 7
ultimate though, - preferably 64 bit, and I would like a touchscreen,
although I could live without that if I had to...



It *has* to have either a Freeview tuner and/or a video input that I can
feed a signal to from the $ky box in the lounge - but the interesting thing
here is I'd very much prefer a device that acts like the current separate
TV/PC arrangement, in as much as I want to be able to watch the TV, using a
standard TV remote *without* having to boot the PC up... - so it can't be
just a standard PC-TV card arrangement that only works under Windows
Mediacentre or some such. This is because I don't want to have to keep the
PC running 24x7 just so that I can watch TV, (wastes too much
electrickery),
and I also don't want to have to wait for a couple of minutes for Windows
to
start up every time I want to watch the news whilst having my breakfast...



I'm not sure if any of the current crop of all-in-ones have this kind of
hybrid TV tuner setup that can be used without powering up the PC, so I
suppose at a push I could use a TV/Monitor and a mini-PC mounted on the
back, although that's hardly much of an improvement on the current
arrangement...



Anyone got any experience of a suitable device?



Cheers.



Paul G.







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