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Author: SorX | ||
| Posted: 23:00, June 21st 2007 | |||
| Link: http://www.silverstonetek.com | |||
| Score: 10 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: ~£65 | |||
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MP5? MFP51
Before I get to the real meat and two veg of this product, I’ll first explain what SilverStone have done.
The display, remote and software sent with this product, is actually a repackage of SoundGraph’s iMon display. This is meant to be used in such a fashion, and they release their units for OEM distribution. As a result any manufacturer can grab one of these units, and pop it into a chassis of their own design, or indeed an entire case. This makes sense for everyone involved, as iMon don’t have to directly deal with the buying public, and SilverStone get an easy ride with only having to design how the unit looks, not how it works.
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The MFP51 is packaged in a relatively small box with the title, and pictures embossed with a glossy finish. The box proudly displays the unit’s media PC attributes, and the back gives a diagrammatic overview of the displays features.
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Out of the box, you’ll find a remote, plus two AAA batteries, the manual, a driver CD, the display itself, an ATX power splitter, and a power switch cable.
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The unit itself is nice and compact, simply using one 5.25” drive bay, which is pretty good news if you have a media case - such as the NZXT Duet - which only has two of these bays, meaning you can have this, and your optical drive of choice.
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It’s finished with SilverStones favourite element; aluminium. You can get the bay in either silver or black allowing the bay to fit with the two most used case colours. The display and infra-red sensor are both protruding out of the display with a bevelled edge. In the bottom right hand corner of the display there is a small SilverStone logo in white (I have the black unit), on the silver unit this logo is black instead.
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While the actual display, PCB and all the components are only about 3cm thick, the unit is actually the same size as a standard 5.25” drive, which is good news for anyone with a case that uses a proprietary drive mounting system.
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The remote control features a whole load of buttons. The most useful is the large circular multi-way joypad which is used for moving the mouse cursor. At the bottom of the control are buttons which start the various different media players for video, pictures, music and TV (if you have a TV tuner). At the top of the remote, by the power buttons, there is a small activity LED which shows you when you are pressing a button. Sounds small, but useful for troubleshooting whether it’s the remotes fault, or you PC’s when the remote doesn’t work.
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