Media Centre Reviews: Hyundai M-Box R3150 and O2Media MR5000

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The two media centres we're looking at today may be stamped with the logos of two different brands, but they're more similar than you might think.

The Hyundai M-box R3150 and the O2media MR5000 basically have the same internal hardware, interface and a very similar design. On paper, they look fairly decent too, with a built-in Freeview tuner for watching and recording digital TV, as well as an SDHC card reader, a VFD screen and a well-designed hard-drive loading system. It looks promising, but how will these media centres get on in our product tests?

> Test: Hyundai M-box R3150
> Test: O2media MR5000

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