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HP personal media drive
»  1. Watch high-quality TV with super ease of use!
»  2.  Enjoy no-fuss connectivity and optimal control!
»  3. Listen up and save your faves!
»  4. Create your own footage!
»  5. Communicate and play away!
»  6. Learn even more!

1. Introduction

Now you can truly revolutionize your home entertainment system! The space-saving new HP z560 and HP z565 Digital Entertainment Centers (DECs) are updated and more streamlined than ever. With the HP z565, you can now store 800GB of music and other digital content on the 500GB internal hard drive and the included 300GB HP personal media drive, while the HP z560 has 300GB of storage capacity with a 300GB internal hard drive and an optional 160GB.  HP personal media drive.

Both Windows® Vista-capable and Intel® Viiv-compliant, the new HP z560 and HP z565 DECs present improved system performance in the form of:

  • Intel®  Pentium® Dual-Core Technology (instead of Pentium 4)
  • More system memory, starting from 1GB (up from 512MB)
  • Better graphics performance, with 256MB onboard RAM
  • Enhanced audio
  • Superior stability
  • Improved fan sound and cooling

The HP z560 and HP z565 DECs give you instant access to live and recorded TV, movies, music, photos and home videos, and allow you to burn CDs and double-layer DVDs. Perhaps best of all, with HP’s DECs you no longer need separate components—such as your video recorder, DVD player, CD player, HD TV tuner, and computer currently crowding your living room. And as the following points illustrate, you can enjoy all your favorite digital media more than ever with these new DECs.


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1. Watch high-quality TV with super ease of use!

  • Watch, replay and pause live TV—cable, digital cable, satellite, standard or high-definition—using the digital encoder and personal video recorder.
  • Experience high-definition TV with the built-in HD tuner. If your TV is HD-ready, you’ll receive over-the-air HD programming.
  • Record up to three channels at once, and easily program the HP DEC to record an entire season of your favorite shows! The HP z565, for instance, stores up to 88 hours of high-definition TV or 400 hours of highest quality analog TV.
  • Use the slow-motion replay feature—perfect for sporting events.
  • Skip 30-second commercials with one touch of the remote.
  • Find your favorite TV shows with the electronic program guide, which comes with details for up to 14 days, so you’ll never miss another episode.

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tower of CDs, louspeakers, keyboards, digital entertainment center

2. Enjoy no-fuss connectivity and optimal control!

  • Connect your TV to a stereo receiver, high-speed Internet, cable or satellite hook—and get ready for superior digital entertainment!
  • Control all your digital media with one wireless remote, driven by the included Lifeware software, for the ultimate experience in home automation control.
  • Convert VHS tapes to DVD by connecting a VCR.
  • Add a photo printer for fast, high-quality prints at home.

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Input/output area

3. Listen up and save your faves!

  • Access songs and playlists via remote control. Sort by album, song, artist or genre, and create playlists from across the room.
  • Play and control FM radio. Pause, replay and fast-forward the broadcast to fit your schedule. Rip music CDs to create a digital library of all your favorite songs.
  • Burn CDs of your favorite music and then label them with LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology. Enjoy cinematic sound quality with digital or analog surround-sound.

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CD ROM drive

4. Create your own footage!

  • Transfer VHS (from a connected VCR) and archive TV shows to double-layer DVD with easy-to-use software and the DVD±R/RW drive.
  • Edit your home videos into feature attractions to share with friends and family using muvee autoProducer or InterVideo WinDVD Creator software.
  • Build a photo library and create slide shows to display on your TV with HP Image Zone Plus for Media Center software.
  • Upload photo files easily from nine kinds of flash memory via the front-panel card reader.

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Create and share

6. Communicate and play 

  • Surf the Internet from your couch using the wireless laptop keyboard with built-in trackball.
  • Send and receive e-mail and chat with friends in the comfort of your living room.
  • Play the latest PC games with the bundled Logitech game controller.

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keyboard

6. Learn even more!

See related products and FAQs about the HP digital entertainment center to read further about HP’s digital entertainment options. You can also explore how to customize CDs and DVDs and visit the Digital Entertainment home page.


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