Re: htpc recomendation again

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds good, the Momitsu 880N ...

http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/14/momitsu-dvd-v880n-media-player/

http://momitsu.nl/news/detail.html?id=3D14

http://www.momitsu.com/dvd_880nspec.html

'am tempted ...

Chris



Phil Harris wrote:

>
> >
> > I'm looking to order components today to build a htpc which
> > will run video to a 42" plasma to play DVD's and into a high
> > quality audio amp (7.1 amp).
>
> Please define what you consider to be "high quality" as if
all you want t=
o
> do is play DVDs into a plasma display (via what sort of connection?
HDMI,
> DVI? VGA? Component Video?) and an AV amp (via optical or electrical
> digital) then you can get away with spending *FAR FAR* less than=20
> building a
> HTPC on a DVD player with the appropriate outputs and it's going to
be=20
> much
> quieter / cooler / cheaper than building an MCE PC.
>
> I have a Momitsu 880N which has DVI, component, s-video, SCART and=20
> composite
> outputs - the DVI and component outputs are upsampled to whatever=20
> format you
> specify (720p or 1080i on component or whatever resolution the
display=20
> says
> it is on DVI) in the digital domain (before output stages are reached)
an=
d
> the picture quality is superb ... All for about =A3250 (and the player
ha=
s a
> network interface too so streaming DVDs off the network is also
possible)=
.
>
> >  Oh, and as I'm very fussy It needs to be near silent.
> >
> > So, if someone could please recommend exactly which bits of
> > kit to order I'd be really grateful.  I'd rather not build my
> > own but I guess it's the only way to go?
> >
> > So if you have recommendations for what box to buy and what
> > bits to put in it please.  Oh, and what kind of disk do I
> > need - SATA?  Also, I see you can get graphics cards up to
> > =A3300 and more - do I need one of those or just a more
> > 'regular' =A360 one?  Are the expensive ones so much better? (for
DVD).
>
> Not quite sure why you would think a hard disc will affect DVD
playback?
> Even if you're thinking of streaming DVDs from the built in hard disc
the=
n
> even the cheapest hard discs will be much quicker than you need.
>
> > The case won't really be seen as it's behind the TV so I'm
> > not bothered what it looks like.
> >
> > And I want to go with Pentium D ? don't I?
>
> I would guess that for cool and quiet you would want a Pentium M=20
> rather than
> D but I'm using an Athlon 64 in my HTPC and it deos the job admirably.
>
> > I'm not sure about graphics cards - do I want to go for PCI,
> > Express or AGP ??
>
> You go with whatever does the job you want to do - for a HTPC you=20
> don't need
> a high spec board with 256Mb RAM and huge fans, you need something=20
> that has
> hardware MPEG decoding and runs cool and quiet ...
>
> > I was guessing to spend about =A3700 or so but will go to more if
needs=
.
> >
> > Credit card burning a hole and a bank holiday on the way......
>
>
> Why spend money unneccesarily?
>
> Phil
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