S1Digital P500 Media Center

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Here’s a quick and dirty "review" of the S1Digital P500 Media Center. In fairness, it really is more of an overview than an intense review, but it gives you a good overview of what’s included. S1Digital has built a great reputation for themselves and looks like it’s continuing on with this one.

 

Electronic House

The thing is dead quiet. Finally, it’s downright cold. There is not the slightest heat emanating from the ominous looking machine. On to the specs. The biggest deal about the P500 is that it was (apparently) the first Media Center to output lossless Blu-ray audio. This is accomplished with the Xonar HDAV1.3 sound and video card from Asus, and is available as the “SoundPack” option from S1Digital.