A nice looking machine too.

That's subjective, but it can be screwed to the back of the TV out of sight unless the TV is wall-mounted already. It comes with the required kit.

The caveat is that it has no optical drive, but I like the fact that the only thing on show is a USB drive. You can buy some very discrete and attractive external optical drives, and it's always a useful thing to have since so many slim-line portable computers are too small to have one built in.

Also, it only holds a single 2.5" drive which may not offer enough storage space on it's own. Obviously it can connect to USB and network drives, but many people require their media centre to work as the media server. Personally, I have a RAID NAS with most of my stuff on it.

It's a shame the Zino is noisy because I think it looks quite good. Excessive noise is too common a crime. It makes you wonder if developers and testers have ears; my NAS is switched off right now because I can't hear the TV over it - it's going to have to go in a different room, or be upgraded to a bigger, better and quieter model.

Noise is one of the reasons I became a Mac enthusiast. Their machines are soooo quiet.

I think Dave says that in Germany part of the spec of most equipment is a number telling you how loud it is. I think that is a marvellous idea. Especially now that so many of us use computers in bedrooms and in the lounge area of our houses (and catbaskets).

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Play.com have failed once again... After finally shipping the wireless speaker I mentioned before, it turns out the speaker itself is great, the broken/missing LED on the display less so... Play really are going down the toilet fast IME