| Author | Message | ||
     Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20095 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.14.242.253 Rating: N/A |
Simba, The link below shows stuff for building home server. deeniki HTPC ki diff enti...when i saw the forum for building home server they are talking about holding multiple drives, raid etc | ||
| Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20085 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.46.143 Rating: N/A |
//Yes, it works. Does your laptop have DVI out? If so, use DVi-HDMI cable to connect to TV. Get external keyboard/mouse (wireless preferred).// oh wow! reading those links made me think it wouldn't work due to fan, heat etc. I will check if my laptops have DVI...the i5 one i bought it in 2010, expecting it to have it. the pentium one is from 2007 i guess. | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13048 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
You are good for most part. OS X does not support bluray (if you connect external drive) OS X does not decode or bitstream HD-Audio (DTS-MA, Dolby DTS+) If you can live with that, you are good. | ||
| Rebel Hero Username: Rebel Post Number: 10784 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 151.151.16.15 Rating: N/A |
buy mac-mini as htpc | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13047 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
@Jalsa, Yes, it works. Does your laptop have DVI out? If so, use DVi-HDMI cable to connect to TV. Get external keyboard/mouse (wireless preferred). | ||
| Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20084 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.174.144 Rating: N/A |
Simba, will do. If a laptop would suffice (may be after replacing HDD with SSD), I have two old laptops - one is pentium dual core (XP) and other is first gen i5 (win 7). Renditiki battery gone anamaata, so just hooking up to the power constantly should be able to get us an HTPC? | ||
| Gotcha Hero Username: Gotcha Post Number: 13371 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 8.19.193.14 Rating: N/A |
after u r done with ur research and decided one, let me know will piggyback on ur findings and setup. This Andhra real estate is for sale. | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13046 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
Ee thread teerika ga chaduvuko. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1302559/assassins-simple-beginner- htpc-buying-guide | ||
| Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20083 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.174.144 Rating: N/A |
@Simba, agreed. Ninna celeron deal undindhi with 10" form factor. NUC choostaanu. Right way to build antey, tower, fan, cpu, motherboard etc separate ga koni install cheyadamaa? Even if it's technical, if you can post the terms, I will dig in. | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13045 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
@Jalsa, Why do you think desktops are relatively cheaper than laptop with lower specs? Because of form factor. You can purchase any desktop in the deals and call it HTPC. If you want to throw aesthetics into it, you will have to pick a case that matches your A/V components. Who wants to have a big ass machine under the TV? You pay premium for Intel NUC but is very easy to setup. Intel recently refreshed the NUCs with Haswell processors, so you can score deals on pre-Haswell models. There is right way to build HTPC. It depends on your budget, taste, skills. | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13044 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
See this video for setup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU_ll5mNo_g | ||
| Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20082 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.78.143 Rating: N/A |
This was interesting, "Next Unit of Computing" - NUC anta...choostunna details. But, thanksgiving ki dead cheap lo celeron or i3 desktop dorikithey, from there, adding a separate GPU (if haswell i3 with integrated GPU should be fine,i think) should suffice kadha? http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=112 I looked at that, but looks like XBMC cannot do transcoding to use with DLNA? | ||
| Simba Hero Username: Simba Post Number: 13043 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.188.111.221 Rating: N/A |
Easiest way, may not be economic. Buy "Intel NUC", pop in two sticks of memory and a mSATA card for storage. Install the OS of your choice. | ||
| Jalsa Megastar Username: Jalsa Post Number: 20080 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 159.53.110.140 Rating: N/A |
Brother, want to build/buy a HTPC. Based on the below post from you, since quite a bit of us have that "gula" (again quoting ;-)), it would be great if you can guide us. Since this is a deals week, we might be able to get it within a reasonable price as well: http://www.chalanachithram.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=1 15&post=3848729#POST3848729 |
