By CNET.co.uk staff
20/03/2007
URL: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/others/0,39037627,61998131,00.htm

	One HDMI in and two out for extra connectivity flexibility.

You can always count on Asus to come up with interesting twists on old themes. Leather laptops? Check. Lamborghini-branded machines? Got 'em. External graphics cards for 3D-deficient laptops? Yup.

Its latest innovation comes in the form of a Media Center desktop with a built-in 500W amplifier. The A33 is designed to connect to your high-end hi-fi speakers, at which point it can chuck out some serious 7.1 surround sound. Also interesting is the fact that it has one HDMI input and a pair of HDMI outs, so you can connect it to other A/V kit, such as a PlayStation 3.

It doesn't end there, either. The A33 will ship with Windows Vista Home Premium, which has Media Center, but there will also be an alternative OS--Linux plus Moxi.

This boots up in no time flat, runs reliably and works a little like the TiVo PVR.

This story appeared originally in Crave UK.