Ahanix D5 Review

Home Theater PC cases have come a long way in the past few years and with companies like Silverstone entering the market in the past year, things have changed. Companies are scrambling to come up with the next "big hit" case that doesn't look at all like a PC but instead carries more of a DVD player look to them. One such by-product of this revolution in the USA HTPC market is the D5 by Ahanix (in other markets it's called the DIGN5 by Uneed International). Up until recently Uneed International made these cases for Ahanix for the USA Distribution but as of this writing they have severed their contracts and Ahanix has moved manufacturing from Uneed International to another manufacture. In the coming weeks we are expecting to see a whole new lineup from Ahanix due to the fact that Uneed International says they have the patents on these cases and their design (we are assured that there are plenty of the Dvine5's around to satisfy everyone who wants one however). This is not new territory for Ahanix... Many people may recall back a year ago when the whole SilenX fiasco occurred and now we have two companies using the same name on their PSU units. HTPCnews.com isn't going to make any assumptions about who is right and who is wrong, but we'll try to get to the bottom of it for everyone. One major item of note, at the time of this review all cases bearing the badge D5 are indeed from the same manufacturing plant in Korea from what we have been told.