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Kyle T
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posted on 27th Feb 10 at 16:09 |
If you want to make the most of BluRays, you want your machine to be able to output HD audio which is included with BR films, so HDMI needs to carry your audio and video. Optical/Coax can't do HD Sound.
Of course you'll need a receiver with your TV to process the HD sound, but when in rome!
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stubs
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posted on 26th Feb 10 at 09:33 |
Dreambox's can stream can't they?
They will also decrypt Sky for you when set up correctly ;)
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Rob_Quads
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 20:27 |
+2 Acer Revo.
Mine plays every video I can throw it :)
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ssj_kakarot
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 19:13 |
quote:
Originally posted by M4tt_Envoy
quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H and an amd dual core will be fine.
mother board has onboard optical, and hdmi the graphics chip is great and more than enough to run 1080p rips, thats what its my media centre and runs a treat, you wont need a separate graphics card either, it runs quite cool as well, couple that board with a scythe ninja mini cpu cooler and its almost totally silent.
£200 - £300 will be fine does this include case and ram ect?
i would look at getting a decent case something like the entec fusion is really good for a media build.
Should stick media portal on as a front end aswell top stuff :)
[Edited on 25-02-2010 by ssj_kakarot]
tried searching ebuyer for the motherboard mentioned but no luck, any links?
ah theres a new model that replaced that
link
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/11565920/Gigabyte-GA-MA785GM-US2H-Socket-AM2-AMD-785G-Micro-ATX-Motherboard/Product.html
good price too considering you get graphics, soundcard onboard :thumbs:
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LeeM
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 16:17 |
my dads got a wireless hard drive with an hdmi output. he downloads using the laptop and puts thm onto the hard drive. i imagine you could set the download file somewhere on the hdd to save moving it
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oceansoul
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 14:55 |
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142347
Discontinued.
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M4tt_Envoy
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 14:18 |
quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H and an amd dual core will be fine.
mother board has onboard optical, and hdmi the graphics chip is great and more than enough to run 1080p rips, thats what its my media centre and runs a treat, you wont need a separate graphics card either, it runs quite cool as well, couple that board with a scythe ninja mini cpu cooler and its almost totally silent.
£200 - £300 will be fine does this include case and ram ect?
i would look at getting a decent case something like the entec fusion is really good for a media build.
Should stick media portal on as a front end aswell top stuff :)
[Edited on 25-02-2010 by ssj_kakarot]
tried searching ebuyer for the motherboard mentioned but no luck, any links?
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csweatherston
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 13:22 |
^^
+1 for the Acer Revo.
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noshua
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 13:00 |
You mentioned downloading Blu-rays, so I'm assuming you're downloading x264 rips (4.7 - 8.5GB) rather than the whole ISO of the discs (30GB+)?
If that's the case, Acer Revo or any networked media tank will do fine. Personally I'd go for the Revo over anything else, you can combine it with XBMC. The library feature on XBMC looks amazing - you can setup automatic downloading via RSS feeds (torrent, usenet) as well.
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ssj_kakarot
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 12:14 |
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H and an amd dual core will be fine.
mother board has onboard optical, and hdmi the graphics chip is great and more than enough to run 1080p rips, thats what its my media centre and runs a treat, you wont need a separate graphics card either, it runs quite cool as well, couple that board with a scythe ninja mini cpu cooler and its almost totally silent.
£200 - £300 will be fine does this include case and ram ect?
i would look at getting a decent case something like the entec fusion is really good for a media build.
Should stick media portal on as a front end aswell top stuff :)
[Edited on 25-02-2010 by ssj_kakarot]
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noshua
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 11:45 |
Networked media tank (Popcorn Hour). Small, effecient (power) and almost silent (it is if you don't have a HD installed). Not the best for downloading though due to the slow processor.
Acer Revo should play blu-rays easily through it's ION chip though! Perfect for an all around HTPC.
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M4tt_Envoy
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 10:36 |
but i'd still need a PC and PS3 . . .
Good fallback plan though
Would a Dual Core processor, 2 GB RAM, 512MB Graphics Card (with HDMI output) suffice?
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Liam
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 10:35 |
Can't you download them, and stream them through the PS3 though?
A friend of mine d/ls blu-ray/dvds and we watch them through the PS3 from his external HDD....
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Reedy
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 10:34 |
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Originally posted by M4tt_Envoy
nah i want to download them, and not have to worry about copying them to a DVD etc
yeah, you can stream media to your ps3. If you have a pc on your network then you can stream the video to your ps3. If you do this I would suggest hard wired connections to your pc and ps3 as it struggles with high quality video over wireless
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M4tt_Envoy
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 10:10 |
nah i want to download them, and not have to worry about copying them to a DVD etc
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jamied
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 10:09 |
ps3?
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M4tt_Envoy
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posted on 25th Feb 10 at 09:21 |
Guys,
Im looking to build a machine which literally does nothing apart from stream Blu Ray movies and music through the TV.
What kind of processing power will i need for this?
Anyone reccommend a cheapest CPU/Motherboard setup and Graphics Card?
Looking to spend between 200-300 is this enough?
Thanks
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