HP Omni 27 All-In-One Desktop PC

Simply powerful and incredibly big HP Omni 27 has the biggest and best HP screen till now. The Omni 27 has a huge 27-inch screen at the same true 1080p HD (1,920 by 1,080) resolution and has a seamless, edge-to-edge piece of glass over the screen, but there’s no touchscreen here.

The Omni comes with a quad-core Intel Core i5-2400S processor, 8GB of memory, 1TB hard drive, integrated Intel graphics, a Blu-ray player/DVD burner combo drive, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, SD/MMC/MS card reader, and a HDMI-in port. This means that aside from a touch screen, the Omni 27 has just about all of the hardware components that we look for in a large screen all-in-one PC. The USB 3.0 ports feel like light speed (5Gbps) compared with plain old USB 2.0 (480Mbps), and the HDMI-in port lets you continue to use the system’s screen when the internal components like the i5 processor eventually become obsolete. You can connect a future laptop or desktop to the Omni 27 and use the latter as a 27-inch monitor. The Omni 27 calls the HDMI-in “game mode,” so they’re also intending the port be used for gaming consoles like Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3. The system comes with Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 for playing back DVDs and Blu-ray movies. Beats Audio enhancements help both music and movies. There’s a subwoofer jack in the back to connect HP’s optional Pulse subwoofer. The included speakers are adequate without the subwoofer, but adding some bass goes a long way to movie and music enjoyment.