HP Unloads Slew of New Desktop Products

HP's latest announcements include three customizable PCs, a media vault for network file sharing and backup, a monitor, and a high-resolution Web cam.

HP took the bulk approach to new product announcements on Monday by launching three new customizable PCs, a digital storage device, a monitor, and a webcam, all at once.

The three new customizable PCs include an entertainment machine, mid-priced green machine, and budget machine. The HP Pavilion Elite m9200t, starting at $799, offers Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 3.0 GHz along with a handful of other premium options such as up to 1TB hard drives, and an optional Blu-Ray burner. The Pavilion a6460t, which runs for $549 and up, gets Energy Star certification and an 80 Plus power supply to cut energy use, but can still pack an Intel Core 2 Quad processor under the hood, along with an optional TV tuner for media use. Finally, the Pavilion a6400z sells for only $299 in its base configuration, but still includes a 1.8GHz AMD Dual-Core processor, Nvidia GeForce 6150 graphics card, 1GB memory and 250GB hard drive.

HP says the mv2120 is its first product in new line of “affordable, easy-to-use products for the central storage.” It allows users on a network to back up files on an automatic schedule, and also includes some features of HP’s MediaSmart Servers, such as Photo Webshare, iTunes server and remote access. The basic mv2120 ships with a 500Gb drive and sells for $299, and is available immediately.

The new monitor is HP’s w1707 17-inch widescreen flat-panel monitor, which offers an antiglare BrightBiew panel and built-in speakers for $180, available now. The HP Elite Autofocus Webcam pumps out impressive 3-megapixel video and 12-megapixel still images. It will be available for $99 on April 6.