Okoro Media Adding New Core Processors

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The folks at Okoro Media Systems have been quietly making decent media center PCs for some time so it’s nice to see them get some press recognition with their new generation of MCPCs. The most notable improvement they’ve just unveiled is that they’ve unveiled modern Intel  Core i3 and i5 processors to their media center PCs.

In addition to the new processors, they’ve improved the bitstreaming for Blu-ray playback. Audio playback on Blu-ray discs will now support the TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio bitrates, which is full uncompressed HD audio. As for video, the computers will also support full 1080p video and have TV tuners to record HD TV and some network connectivity will let you steam your recorded content across your home.

Previously, Okoro’s media center PCs shipped with a minimum of a 500GB hard drive. They’ve now expanded that to 1TB and you can order their media center PCs with a maximum of a whopping 8TB. All of their new media center PCs will come with USB 3.0 ports and will ship with the 64-bit version of Windows 7.

The Okoro PCs will also be including DDR3 RAM and will offer the ability to stream music from iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. In the more higher-end media center PCs, you can pick to have your hard drives on a 2TB SATA 3 (6Gb/s) drive. For those of you who use CableCARD, they have a quad-CableCARD tuner in all of their machines.

As you can imagine, these home theater PC’s aren’t cheap. The Okoro Quantum mini series starts at $1,295 and goes up to an incredible $5,395 for the Okoro Ultimate series. While I’m sure they’re fine media center PCs, you’ve got to consider the fact if they’re worth the money for you personally. Those with existing home theatre PCs will be pleased to know that Okoro is offering an upgrade to these new 2010 models.