Johnmor
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 09:07 AM |
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Media PC
Hi
Is anyone on the forum using a media PC .
I was considering replcing my DVD recorder and video with a media PC and storing all my DVDs on the Hard drive.
I have an AV amp so as long as I had a digital output I would pass all sound through that. I will use a plasma as the screen so all I need is the
box.
If any one is using one, are there any recommendations.
Cheers
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joneh
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 09:37 AM |
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Make your own! Using an ITX mobo and build it into what you want. I have one in a cigar humidor - but I'm thinking of puuting it in an old dvd
recorder chassis. See the background pic on my site:
www.tibit.co.uk
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graememk
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 09:50 AM |
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i bought a microwave from tesco once and built a pc in it for a laugh and sold it in the shop.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 10:44 AM |
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I'm running a Vista based media PC BUT I also run a seperate DVD recorder. The DVD player upscales the image to take advantage of the 1080P
40" hidef TV  . from what I have seen you will not get the same performance form any media PC. and they cost less than £100! bargain!
As for storing all your DVDs -just remeber you wioll need a HUGE amount of disk space. If you want to rip them without compressing and loosing quality
then you are looking at around 800Mb per DVD.
I built my machine myself and avoided all these nancy little boards.. I used a proper ATX board in a good quality 'quiet' case using an
AMD fx57 64bit processor and 4Gb Ram. this gives me as much adaptability as I want and easily houses my 2 TV tuner card and my high quality sound
card. with room for expansion. I am running Vista 64 Ultimate.
Incidentally I also use this machine as my living room PC but have found that, for some starnge reason, the max resolution the telly will display FROM
A 'pc' input (15PIN VGA) is much lower than the max resolution for HD input.
still looks bloody good though
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 11:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveFJ
If you want to rip them without compressing and loosing quality then you are looking at around 800Mb per DVD.
Might need to add a zero to that! Dual-layer DVD is 8.5GB if I remember correctly.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 12:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
quote:
Originally posted by DaveFJ
If you want to rip them without compressing and loosing quality then you are looking at around 800Mb per DVD.
Might need to add a zero to that! Dual-layer DVD is 8.5GB if I remember correctly.
absolutely correct ... my mistake.. should have been 8500mb 
[Edited on 3/7/07 by DaveFJ]
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Daimo_45
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 01:33 PM |
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Isn't it more like 8704mb. Pretty sure it's 1024mb or there abouts to a gb.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 3/7/07 at 01:40 PM |
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picky picky picky...
the point is you will need an enormous amount of disk space!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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