Taiwanese PC maker Asus has produced a Mini PC for HD video playback, which it describes as " the world's smallest Desktop PC equipped with a fully embedded discrete graphic card."

"Essentio CS5110 features exceptional graphics performance as its main focus," claimed the firm.

Measuring 20cm (D) x 29cm (H) x 8cm (W), there are Blu-ray and DVD options, and the 200x290x80mm device will play 1080P movies through its HDMI output. Processor options include Intel Core2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core, Pentium 4 or Celeron D.

In addition to 7.1 audio codecs, there is also 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 hardware as well as a flash card reader.

Maximum power consumption is 120W and claimed idle noise level is 23.9dB. Maximum noise level has not yet been revealed.