2011-03-31, 04:12
OK so the purpose of this thread is to help make my mind up whether or not to make a htpc...at the moment I have xbmc running on windows on an aging PC and although the experience overall is superb, hd playback can be a bit choppy.
So I was thinking of making my current PC a work PC and building an htpc for running xbmc from.
Here's what I'd preferably want..
-Full HD playback
-I use a harmony remote at the moment - being able to power up/down with that would be great!
-Small and quiet
-Optical output if possible as well as HDMI - eventually I'll have a proper amp but not just yet :/
-Wifi - I don't have a NAS or anything so would have to run SickBeard and Usenet etc from the htpc
As far as I can tell that shouldn't cost too much? Storage isn't an issue because I keep all my media on externals.
So what do you all think? Good idea? And how about cost? I'm in the UK, and cheaper is better!
So I was thinking of making my current PC a work PC and building an htpc for running xbmc from.
Here's what I'd preferably want..
-Full HD playback
-I use a harmony remote at the moment - being able to power up/down with that would be great!
-Small and quiet
-Optical output if possible as well as HDMI - eventually I'll have a proper amp but not just yet :/
-Wifi - I don't have a NAS or anything so would have to run SickBeard and Usenet etc from the htpc
As far as I can tell that shouldn't cost too much? Storage isn't an issue because I keep all my media on externals.
So what do you all think? Good idea? And how about cost? I'm in the UK, and cheaper is better!