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| Author: | JohnnyWakko [ 22 Jan 2010, 09:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Media PC for theatre room |
Hi all I am after a few pointers here. I have a nice gaming PC which is my only PC actually. It sits in my study, thus no lounge no good for wattching movies etc. I want to build a Media PC. Something quiet & cheap. Am I right in assuming a media PC only needs to be able to play video files/music therefore it doens't need anything wizbang except be able to support the resolution of the Screen I am pumping it to? I want something like this: -Basic singlecore intel PC -1 or 2GB cheap arse Ram -Radeaon 2400Pro PCI (yes! not a PCIe) Graphics card ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131082R ) -XP & Windows Media Player -TV tuner -Wireless network (to speak to my other PC) -Big arse fat arse Hardrive of some desciption -DVD Drive optional I guess -Quiet power supply -Screen at this point will just be my normal TUBED TV Is there anything I am missing? Couldn't possible cost more than...what? couple of hundred bucks of ebay? EDIT: YES, I knew I forgot something. The Media PC MUST plays 5.1 sound. So I guess I need a media player that can read that from DVD movie files and translate to a sound card. I guess that will be the expensive part, the sound card, bugger. EDIT2: Darn it, I just realised that I will need something that will talk to my TV with AVI cables...darn it. |
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| Author: | packerfan [ 24 Jan 2010, 08:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Media PC for theatre room |
Old Desktop had a 2400pro :P still has it in it. Did you consider a popcornhour? I am pretty sure steefy has one, 299+cost of bluray/dvd drive and hdd gets you a network ready media player which can stream, torrent, play dvds etc. |
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