HP announced four HP Pavilion desktop PCs with rewritable CD or DVD drives and a new series of notebook PCs with DVD+R/+RW drives.

According to the company, its latest Pavilion desktops offer a range of powerful, easy-to-use PCs that make digital entertainment capture and editing easy. The new models include the first desktop PC with a DVD+RW drive priced under $900. The HP Pavilion ze5300 series notebook PCs with rewritable DVD drives are designed to provide users the power, connectivity and convenience demanded by today's multimedia applications in a device that doubles as a mobile entertainment center when connected to compatible DVD players.

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Pavilion Desktops
The new lineup of HP Pavilion desktop PCs includes the HP Pavilion 505n, 515n, 725n and the 735n -- which features a rewritable DVD and CD combo drive for under $900.

The HP Pavilion 505n desktop PC features an Intel Celeron 2.2-GHz processor and includes a 60-GB hard drive, 256-MB DDR (double data rate) memory, a 48x CD-RW drive and integrated Intel Extreme UMA graphics with up to 64-MB shared video memory. At an estimated U.S. street price of $519, the 505n is expected to be available in retail stores and on hpshopping.com beginning April 6.

With an estimated street price of $599, the HP Pavilion 515n PC may be ideal for viewing DVD movies and managing digital photography. The 515n includes an Intel Celeron 2.3-GHz processor, an 80-GB hard drive with ample storage for music, digital photography and data, 256-MB DDR memory, a 48x CD-RW drive for CD creation and playback, a 16x DVD-ROM for watching movies, and integrated Intel Extreme UMA graphics with up to 64-MB shared video memory. The HP Pavilion 515n is expected to be available in retail stores and on hpshopping.com beginning April 6.

The HP Pavilion 725n desktop PC offers photo and video editing capability, featuring an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor, an 80-GB hard disk drive, 512-MB DDR memory, 48x CD-RW and 16x DVD-ROM drives, front- and rear-access IEEE 1394 ports, NVIDIA 64-MB GeForce4 MX graphics with 64-MB allocated video memory and a six-in-one media card reader for quick and easy transfer of digital data from all common flash media formats. With an estimated U.S. street price of $699, the 725n is expected to be available in retail stores and on hpshopping.com beginning April 13.

The HP Pavilion 735n desktop PC is a DVD creation and video-editing station, with DVD+RW/CD-RW drive (a DVD writer and CD writer combination drive) priced under $900. The 735n features an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ processor, 512-MB DDR memory, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics with 64-MB allocated video memory and front- and rear-access IEEE 1394 ports. The 735n also includes an 80-GB hard drive, a DVD+RW/CD-RW combo drive, a 48x CD-ROM drive and a six-in-one media card reader. At an estimated U.S. street price of $899, the 735n is expected to be available in retail stores and on hpshopping.com beginning April 13.

With HP Picture Toolkit software, included on all new HP Pavilion desktop PCs, consumers should be able to edit and share digital photos; create slide shows with original music on CDs that play on a home DVD player and print greeting cards with personal photos using ArcSoft PhotoImpression, FunHouse and Greeting Card Creator. The HP Picture Toolkit also helps back up photos to a CD for safekeeping. ArcSoft Showbiz is also included to offer video-editing capabilities.

In addition to including the Norton Anti-Virus software solution with 60 days of upgrades, the new Pavilion models feature Microsoft Windows XP Home with Microsoft Works, front- and rear-access USB 2.0 ports and Polk audio speakers. They also are broadband-ready, enabling users to cruise the Internet using a built-in V.90 56K modem or a 10/100 Ethernet adapter for high-speed cable or DSL connections.

Pavilion ze5300 Notebook
The ze5300 series uses the DVD+R/+RW format. With the ze5300 series, consumers can use the menu screen from a digital video camera to record directly to a DVD or CD disc without having to edit movies first. And they can add digital still pictures to video to create a slide show - and then record it on a DVD.

In addition to the ability to edit, record and play DVDs, the Pavilion ze5300 series has a drive that can store up to 4.7 gigabytes of data on each disc-the storage capacity of up to seven CD-R/RW discs.

The notebook series includes HP Memories Disc Creator and ArcSoft software that may allow for the easy creation of slide shows, photo albums and archives of digital images for display on a PC with a CD player or a TV with a DVD player. Additionally, the ze5300 series offers three USB 2.0 ports, up to an 80-GB hard drive, Sonic MyDVD suite for digital video editing (on models with an IEEE-1394 port) and MUSICMATCH Jukebox, a personal music system.

With a choice of Pentium 4 or Celeron desktop processors and integrated ATI Mobility Radeon graphics controller with 4X AGP 3D performance, the HP Pavilion ze5300 may provide desktop convenience and functionality in a stylish, mobile design.

Estimated U.S. pricing for the HP Pavilion ze5300 series notebook configured with a 2.66-GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor, 512-MB RAM, 40-GB hard drive, 802.11b integrated wireless, DVD+R/+RW optical drive and 15-inch SXGA+ display is $1,725 (after $100 rebate) without a floppy disc drive.

DVD+R/+RW is currently available on configure-to-order HP Pavilion ze5300 series notebooks. The notebooks can be customized with a range of options and purchased through the Web at http://www.hpshopping.com/ or by phone at +1 888 999 4747.

Online and toll-free phone support is available for general service questions on HP consumer products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in both English and Spanish. More information is available at http://www.hp.com/support or by calling +1 800 HPINVENT.

4/9/03 www.daytrum.com Editorial Staff