Building a Media Center PC *Update w/pics+vid*
#15
Re: Building a Media Center PC
I recently built myself a budget rig for work and its AWESOME. I used the mobo and proc in this build:
mobo has built-in HDMI and I think fancy sound but im just using ---- speakers.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a
mobo has built-in HDMI and I think fancy sound but im just using ---- speakers.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a
#17
Re: Building a Media Center PC
Build your own case out of acrylic :P
Onboard sound might not be the "highest quality", but niether are most of the sources. I've never had a complaint with the quality and my comp has an olllllddd 5.1 motherboard.
I thought of using an xbox 360 as a "media pc" but I read some reports of higher bitrate stuff not streaming so well. I'm not sure if this has been corrected or if it was just using wifi streaming and couldn't keep up with the bitrate, but I'll probably try it before building a media pc. Also there's a lot of formats that I'm not sure it'll play yet?
Onboard sound might not be the "highest quality", but niether are most of the sources. I've never had a complaint with the quality and my comp has an olllllddd 5.1 motherboard.
I thought of using an xbox 360 as a "media pc" but I read some reports of higher bitrate stuff not streaming so well. I'm not sure if this has been corrected or if it was just using wifi streaming and couldn't keep up with the bitrate, but I'll probably try it before building a media pc. Also there's a lot of formats that I'm not sure it'll play yet?
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Re: Building a Media Center PC
The 360 works ok as a media center extender, only because of the update a few months ago that enabled it to play Divx files. It can't play any HD formats without re-encoding them to something the 360 can handle which is more hassle than it's worth IMO. If all you have are Divx files though, it's perfect. I stream movies and TV shows to mine all the time from my desktop computer in the office.
I have always wanted an HTPC and this one will do everything I need and more. It's kinda funny that the fastest computer in the house will now be attached to the TV
I have always wanted an HTPC and this one will do everything I need and more. It's kinda funny that the fastest computer in the house will now be attached to the TV
#20
Re: Building a Media Center PC
Originally Posted by bigdaddyvtec
Im testing some new linksys stuff and Buffalo stuf that even over A... Streams H264 flawlessly. Ethernet is still the way to go though.
There is a whole onslought of devices coming out that are very neat. Ill take some pics when I get some time and upload them with specs... Sony, Linksys, HP and dlink are all players