2012-06-14, 18:58
Hoping someone can help me. I've been researching like mad, and I keep seeing differing opinions.
I want a small, quiet prebuilt PC (don't feel like building) that will connect to my HDTV via HDMI. I'd like to watch up to 1080p. I would also like to be able to hook up a TV tuner so I could record and play back OTA content. I presume this will be a USB affair, since a PCI card won't fit in a small box.
I've been looking at ZOTACs and Acers and the like.
I'm leaning towards a Windows OS, because I like WMC, if I'm going to be recording. From what I can gather, the AMD processors are better in a Windows environment. My budget is probably around $500.
Would the ZBOX AD04 work for me? The ID82 looks great, but maybe is overkill? I hear both good and bad things about the Acer RL70.
I don't anticipate doing any gaming on this. It's mostly just for watching online content, or local video files.
Thanks!
I want a small, quiet prebuilt PC (don't feel like building) that will connect to my HDTV via HDMI. I'd like to watch up to 1080p. I would also like to be able to hook up a TV tuner so I could record and play back OTA content. I presume this will be a USB affair, since a PCI card won't fit in a small box.
I've been looking at ZOTACs and Acers and the like.
I'm leaning towards a Windows OS, because I like WMC, if I'm going to be recording. From what I can gather, the AMD processors are better in a Windows environment. My budget is probably around $500.
Would the ZBOX AD04 work for me? The ID82 looks great, but maybe is overkill? I hear both good and bad things about the Acer RL70.
I don't anticipate doing any gaming on this. It's mostly just for watching online content, or local video files.
Thanks!