Antec Fusion Remote Black

Introduction

One of the big things at the moment is the home theater computer, or HTPC. Many manufacturers are designing and building computer enclosures to enhance your entertainment rooms for this purpose. One such manufacture that is no stranger to quality computer enclosures is Antec. Antec was founded in 1986 and has been building computer enclosures since its beginning. Today at HardwareLogic, we are going to take a close look at one of Antec’s media enclosures, the Fusion Remote Black. The Fusion Remote Black is one of their Veris series and comes in two flavors; The Fusion Remote, which carries a silver brushed aluminum front bezel, and the Fusion Remote Black that we will be taking a look at today.

About Antec

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Antec, Inc. is the global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in the industry and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of quiet, efficient and innovative products. Antec has also achieved great success in the distribution channel, meeting the demands of quality-conscious system builders, VARs and integrators.

Antec’s offering of enclosures includes a wide range of cases, such as its advanced Performance One Series, economical New Solution Series and VERIS family of media components designed for the home theater PC market. Antec’s products also include front line power supplies, such as its premium Signature Series, powerful TruePower Quattro Series and EarthWatts, one of the most environmentally friendly power supplies available. PC gamers are an increasingly significant consumer of performance components, and many Antec products are designed for the gaming demographic, like the premier gamer enclosure: the Nine Hundred. Antec also offers a line of computer accessories comprising many original products, including its patented LED fans and notebook cooling solutions.

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Packaging



As we take a look at the front of the main box that the Fusion Remote black comes in, we can see that Antec has given us a glimpse of what we can expect when we open up the box to see the goods. We see that it comes with a nice remote control for our home theater system. It also gives us a nice picture of the case itself, as well. Looking to the left of the case, we can see some icons that show music, game pad, and video camera. This would indicate to us that Antec’s case can serve many different applications.



Specifications

At the back, we see that Antec has given us a description of some of the features that we can expect when building in the Fusion Remote Black enclosure:

• Black aluminum plate front bezel with monochrome LCD and a remote control to work with Microsoft Vista and Media Center Editions.
• iMedian HD by iMON software included for media management and playback.
• Built in infrared receiver compatible with Windows Vista and Media Center Editions. (We tested this running Microsoft® Windows 7, and the software, and remote control worked great).
• Triple camber structure to separate heat and noise of power supply.
• Removable hard drive brackets with extra soft silicone grommets to reduce vibration noise.
• 3 drive bays. 1 x 5.25 front accessible, 2 x 3.5 internal.
• 4 expansion slots.
• Advanced cooling system. 2 x 120mm tri-cool 3 speed fans.
• Micro ATX form factor.
• Front mounted ports for multimedia connections.
• Durable 0.8mm cold rolled steel construction.
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Now we'll dive into the additional parts that come with the case.