Alienware's new Media Center box

There's a whole movement to make Home Theater PCs as component-like as possible, so you can throw a fanless computer below your DVD player without too much notice. Usually that means volume knobs and form factors that mimic typical home theater component hardware, but Alienware's new Media Center box really, really looks like something at home under your TV.

And check out the crazy number of ports available, both front and back, on the unit. They should have called it the portmaster 2000. Prices start at $1400 and ramp up from there. [via Gizmodo]