On Friday, eMachines introduced a new nettop PC aimed at the living room, or anywhere you enjoy connected entertainment in the home.

The eMachines Mini-e ER1402 comes with an AMD Athlon II NEO processor, Nvidia GeForce 9200 graphics, 2GB of memory, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 160GB hard drive, and HDMI port. The Mini-e is designed to connect primarily through the HDMI port for a one-cable connection to the HDTV in your living room or other monitor in your house.

eMachines Mini-e ER1402

The Mini-e is just 7.1 inches in diameter and 9 pounds in weight, putting it in the same mini PC league as the Acer Aspire Revo, Asus Eee Box, and the new Apple Mac mini. The Mini-e has an available optional mounting kit, so you can mount the system on the back of your HDTV or large screen monitor. The Mini-e is aimed primarily at enjoying online content like YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix, but the system is powerful enough to handle light computing tasks like Web surfing, e-mail, VoIP, and social networking.

Look for the Mini-e to hit store shelves Friday, starting at $299.99. Stay tuned for a review on pcmag.com in the coming weeks.