Medion Akoya P8160 18″ media centre notebook launched
December 5, 2008 – 9:16 pm | by SteveWell, what do we say about Medion, the mid-range laptop manufacturer has once again come up with an outstanding piece of work; the Akoya 18.4″ media centre notebook. P8160 is designed specially for those who are searching for a media centre in a laptop. It hit the road with a Blue-ray drive along with a fine Dobly audio system with 5.1 surround sound.
The aforementioned 18.4″ screen runs at 1,680 x 945 resolution, which therefore makes it a 16:9 aspect ratio. If we move on to its specs, it would take us all night to absorb all of them. Akoya P8160 comes with 4GB of RAM, along with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 processor. There is also a 320GB hard drive and a specially dedicated 512MB GeForce 9600M GS graphics card which capable to function in either full-on mode or hybrod mode, depends on how much power you consider to use.
Medion gifted Akoya P8160 with 3 USB ports, an eSATA/USB port, an HDMI port, LAN and VGA. In addition, it has got 802.11 b/g/draft-n WLAN too. The 1.3 megapixel camera and the touch-sensiticve media controls add value to the machine. P8160 is available with 32-bit Windows Vista as well as with 64-bit.
And lastly, there is an in-built digital TV tuner, so that you can enjoy Freeviw on it. Also the most amazing part of this edition is that it comes with some PVR software, which allows you to record one program while enjoying the other. Akoya P8160 costing ariund $1100 is highly recommended if you haven’t got a computer or a Blue-ray player hooked up to your HDTV.
















