Quoting Komete

Great review. Those HDD temperatures are a little concerning. Heats a killer. Looks great though. In the last picture, that DVD player with the yellow and orange label is wrecking the perfection of your setup.lol

Yes, that's my parents' cheapo progressive scan player that I threw in the media center when mine bit the dust. I've been meaning to take that sticker off of there... I should have for this photo op!

Quoting Komete

Oh the HDD light and the CPU light... is it detracting while in operation? Sometimes those little LED lights seem to flash straight at ya.

They can get a bit distracting. I'd personally unplug them for regular use in the media center if they were in line of sight.

Quoting Gargoyle

I'm not sure I like the way the optical bay looks on the front. I know it would limit choices, but I think the case would look a lot better if it just had a slot for slot-loading drives.

I don't actually have a photo in the review that's a good representation of the drive door. It looks better than you'd think, just matching piece of aluminum that can be attached to the drive door with double stick tape. I didn't stick it on because I was only performing a temporary installation for the review. The pic of the front of the case shows it with the fastening tape that was used for packing still affixed, making it appear a bit odd.

Quoting jared

Nice - if bluray support wasn't so crappy in the HTPC scene I wouldn't mind grabbing one of these. The case is very sleek

It definitely captures Lian Li's design philosophy, leading to a nice sleek front panel.