Total Home Theatre PC is a company you’d expect to know about these things and you can tell it’s put a great deal of thought in to this system.

We’ve seen several manufacturers make use of FIC’s Spectra case before, but few have made such a good job of it as Pioneer.

HP is adamant that the digital home of the future (and now for that matter) has a midi-tower PC in it next to the TV.

We put out the call to Australia’s white box PC manufacturers for a good high-end $4000 PC and PC Express was the first to respond.

Great design and comprehensive features make it a truly great Media Center PC. Only the price lets it down.

An expensive and unusually poor Sony product.

An adequate Media Centre PC, but Asus’ competitor blows it out of the water.

At 177mm high, Claritas’ TeraServer rivals the Labs-winning Altech in the bulk stakes.

Quad-core makes it powerful and good value at the price. Noise and stability suffer though.

Dual-core and Windows Vista make it into our A-List’s Value PC category.

Very fast, but the top-end components offer poor value in the face of competition.

We’ve had some great competitors knocking on the mid-range A-Listed door, but TI’s all-rounder wins through.

Some will prefer it to TI’s system, but a few quirks see it finishing in second place.

A stylish, silent well-featured Media Center PC at a decent price.

Dual-core and FireWire may be missing, but Pacstar’s system offer’s more than we expected from a value PC.

AM2 power at this price is a boon. But 3D performance is average and it’s very noisy.

Custom design watercooling and some judicious overclocking make for a showstopping performance and price.

Fast and good value. Gamers and power users will like it.