Allio, who gained some notoriety in the Media Center community for developing All-in-One Media Center solutions has announced the development of their “Link” family of media streamers.
The $299 MSRP entry-level Allio Link ADTI-194500 provides a simple, small form factor expansion box that will deliver a wireless or wired broadband connection to a HDTV. Web surfing and access to online email are also available from this lowest cost Allio Link model. For $399 MSRP an integrated DVD player is added.
Both of these new Allio Link Internet Video Players feature a friendly, point-and-click user interface and an Intel Dual-Core Atom N330 processor.
The company also announced five Link series HTPC products. These add the features of the Link media streamers and add Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Media Center.
The basic Allio Link ADTI-194500 HTPC, based on the Intel Atom Dual-Core N330 and integrated Intel GMA950 video, brings light computing, 250GB of storage, 2GB of memory, DVD player and integrated TV tuner with Vista Home Premium for $659 MSRP.
For high performance applications, The Allio Link HTPC offers four premium models based on an all-new nVidia chipset featuring the integrated GeForce 9300 video chip, which supports the Intel Core2 family of processors. These configurations are ideal for heavyweight computing and performance gaming, with the high-end model boasting 1TB of storage, 8GB of memory, a Blu-ray player and the Intel Core2Quad Q8200 CPU with four cores of processing power for $1199 MSRP.
While I’m still really interested in the Allio All-In-One TVs, it’s good to see more companies putting out HTPCs focusing on Windows Media Center.
