Re: htpc recomendation again

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

but should I trust it ?

ie: 'wife bought an Evoke 3 DAB radio recently, plus some SD memory=20
cards, for recording ... only to find that timed recording doesn't work=20
... there's a bug ... new software has to be downloaded ... but the=20
download can't be done with AppleMac, only Windows /PC ... ... 'not what=20
we needed ! ... will the Momitsu be the same ???

Chris



Chris Hunter wrote:

> sounds good, the Momitsu 880N ...
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/14/momitsu-dvd-v880n-media-player/
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> http://momitsu.nl/news/detail.html?id=3D14
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> http://www.momitsu.com/dvd_880nspec.html
>
> 'am tempted ...
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> Phil Harris wrote:
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> >
> > >
> > > 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=20
> want to
> > do is play DVDs into a plasma display (via what sort of
connection?=20
> 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
> > building a
> > HTPC on a DVD player with the appropriate outputs and it's going
to be
> > much
> > quieter / cooler / cheaper than building an MCE PC.
> >
> > I have a Momitsu 880N which has DVI, component, s-video, SCART
and
> > composite
> > outputs - the DVI and component outputs are upsampled to whatever
> > format you
> > specify (720p or 1080i on component or whatever resolution the
display
> > says
> > it is on DVI) in the digital domain (before output stages are=20
> reached) and
> > the picture quality is superb ... All for about =A3250 (and the
player=
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> has a
> > network interface too so streaming DVDs off the network is
also=20
> 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=20
> disc then
> > 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
> > 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
> > don't need
> > a high spec board with 256Mb RAM and huge fans, you need
something
> > 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 nee=
ds.
> > >
> > > Credit card burning a hole and a bank holiday on the
way......
> >
> >
> > Why spend money unneccesarily?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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