Tranquil PC MMC-12 Offers An Ultra-Slim Package For The Home Theater [Tranquil's New MMC-12 Goes After The Home Theater Market With Sandy Bridge Processing, An Optical Drive & Plenty More]

Posted on TFTS by Steve Anderson on Tuesday, 27. December 2011 under: Audio,Visual, Computers & Computing, HD Equipment, PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks & Tablets

The home theater PC is one of those great concepts that never really, sadly, took off in a really wide fashion. And it likely won’t, especially considering how many televisions, DVD and Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes there are out there that offer the internet functionality you need in your home theater, especially if you’re gearing up to cut the cable. But the folks out at Tranquil PC have brought out their new MMC-12, and there will likely be some interest in this one.

The MMC-12 is set to pack in your choice of an Intel Core i3 2100T running at 2.5 GHz or an Intel Core i5 2390T processor running at 2.7 GHS. You’ll be able to back this up with your choice of RAM configurations, starting at one gig and going all the way up to eight gigs of DDR3 RAM, a front mounted optical drive in your choice of CD/DVD or CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives (no burning on this one, from the look of it, though), your choice of a 500 gig or one terabyte hard drive (or an 80 or 120 gig solid state drive), your choice of Windows 7 operating systems and a mini wifi system from Edimax. You’ll also get a pair of USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI output, a DVI output, a pair of USB 2.0 ports, a GBE LAN port and an audio in / out jack.

What kind of price are they asking, you wonder? The absolute lowest bare-bones price on one of these kicks off at 278 pounds sterling, or around $436 in US dollars. And for that kind of money, you can get a full desktop with much more going on, though it will be substantially bigger than the MMC-12, which fits easily into any DVD player-sized slot in your home theater.

Personally, I’m not seeing the value on this one, especially given that you could likely do better from a full-size desktop, or even a laptop. But there’s always the possibility I’m not seeing something right, so I’ll turn it over to you. Do you see a value in the MMC-12? Or do you think that you can do a whole lot better with a variety of other possible sources? No matter what your stance, we definitely want to hear from you, so hit the comments section below and tell us what you think!