People are always complaining that there’s nothing good on TV

To them, we say: Sure, not right NOW there isn’t.

You just need to be watching at some other time! We suggest May 16th, 1996, when the Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues in the second overtime of the seventh game of their playoff series. That’s good television! Or try any night from 1957 through 1963 when “Have Gun—Will Travel” was on.

If you’re one of those poor, unfortunate schmucks who can’t travel through time—or, more accurately, can only travel forward through time at one speed—maybe you should consider a media center PC. We humbly suggest this Gateway Quad Core specimen.

With this little computator hooked up to your home entertainment center, you can watch all kinds of stuff on your television, whenever you want. Download shows, stream from Netflix, or buy previous episodes of “Law & Order” from iTunes if you want. (You actually can do that, though we can’t figure out why anyone would. If you want to watch “Law & Order” at any given time, you’re in luck. It’s already on four stations.)

If none of those various cups of tea are yours, then watch DVDs, or play media from the 15-in-1 card reader. It’s got a “smart copy” button that instantly downloads and files your images, which actually sounds pretty convenient.

Hey, you can even screen sick, horrifying internet videos that could never be shown over the air, not even on cable access channels in godless metropolises! See perverse sins against nature! Cats playing keyboards!

This PC’s outfitted with an HDMI port, so it puts Windows Media Center to good use. And the chip? Well, it’s an Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 Hybrid Graphics, which… well, you could do worse.

Say, couldn’t you also use this rig to do that huluing, or bittorrenting, or whatever it is? We don’t really understand this stuff; we just sell the hardware.

Anywho, why are you still flipping around your cable channels, vainly foraging for entertainment in that bleak wasteland? Set this PC up in your den, hook it to your TV, and before you can sing the closing “sha-la-la-la” of the “Family Ties” theme, you’ll be watching a whole new media universe, where “Freaks and Geeks” never went away, and we’re still in the middle of the good seasons of “The Simpsons.”

Authorized for SquareTrade Extended Warranty

Warranty: 90 Day Gateway

Features:

  • AMD Phenom X4 9100e 64-bit Quad-Core Processor (1.80GHz, 2MB L2 Cache) with AMD64 Technology
  • 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2-2048MB modules), expandable up to 8GB
  • Integrated ATI® Radeon™ HD 3200 Hybrid Graphics with up to 256MB of Shared Video Memory
  • AMD 780G Chipset
  • 1 HDMI and 1 VGA video port
  • 640GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive with 16MB Cache
  • 18X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti Drive featuring Labelflash™ Technology
  • 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Rear)
  • 2 IEEE 1394a Ports(1 Front, 1 Rear)
  • 2 PS2 Ports
  • 1 – PCI-E x16, 1 – PCI-Ex1 and 1 – PCI Available Expansion Slots
  • Gateway® 15-in-1 media card reader with copy button
  • 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio
  • 300W Power Supply
  • 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
  • 56k ITU v.92 Ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port)
  • Premium Multimedia Keyboard
  • 2-Button USB Optical Wheel Mouse
  • Amplified USB Powered Stereo Speakers
  • Dimensions (H x W x D): 16.34” x 7.09” x 17.32” (415mm x 180mm x 440mm)
  • Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit) with SP1

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In the box:

  • Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • Speakers
  • Power Cable

Price: $289.99

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