HP Toughens Security Features on New Holiday Desktop PCs

HP (www.hp.com) announced a holiday lineup of consumer desktop PCs that are equipped with advanced built-in security features and improved performance for digital photography, music and video.

HP also announced enhanced DVD drives featuring the newest LightScribe technology, which allows users to burn customized labels directly to LightScribe-enabled CDs or DVDs.

In addition, HP continues to provide consumers with award-winning customer service and support that includes a one-year limited warranty with 24x7 toll-free support on all HP and Compaq PCs.

The new models include the HP Pavilion a1200n Series Desktop PC, Compaq Presario SR1600NX Series Desktop PC and HP m7200n Series Media Center PC with the option to add HP's latest DVD Writer.

Select models of the HP Pavilion a1200n Series Desktop PCs are now available with Microsoft Windows® Media Center Edition 2005, which allows easy organization of digital photos, music, movies and much more.

This Presario series has been optimized to give consumers peace of mind with the addition of the AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Sempron™ processor.

The Compaq Presario series includes integrated128-megabyte ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics giving consumers an affordable way to realize improved graphics performance for everyday PC applications.

The latest HP Media Center PCs provide a powerful entertainment experience for today's digital lifestyle, including the ability to watch, record and pause live TV right on the PC.

The HP R-series dock spot holder makes it easy to dock an R-series digital camera for convenient, clutter-free downloading, charging and storing photos. Also, consumers can store up to 100,000 photos(1) or up to 210 hours of their favorite TV shows.

Available in both internal and external models, the HP dvd740 DVD Writer series features LightScribe direct disc-labeling technology, which allows users to burn customized labels directly to a LightScribe-enabled CD or DVD.

All HP consumer desktop PCs come with a full year of support, including technical support, parts and labor as part of the HP Total Care portfolio of services. HP Total Care delivers live online chat with support agents, as fast as one-hour email response and toll-free 24x7 technical support.

Earlier this year, HP received an "excellent" rating in high tech by the Customer Respect Group, an international research and consulting firm. The award reflects HP's overall efforts to take care of its customers from the moment they buy an HP or Compaq PC.