Hi Guys,
You’ve probably had this question many times, so sorry if it sounds like a stuck record.
Essentially, I want a media player, which is able to play the highest quality HD movies + 3D Movies, and music (mp3), all of which can be accessed via my TV and AV receiver.
I have two options in my head; build a PC with a decent processor and graphics card + audio. My priorities are keeping the power consumption down to a minimum, whilst not restricting what can be done with it, now and in the reasonable future. (2 – 3 Years) I like the XBMC software, and will want to use that primarily, and Cyberlink for 3D Movies. Of course, I still want to be able to do all the other things one would expect, i.e browse the net, etc… but like to do this via a remote or wireless keyboard/mouse combination. Audio is also important, but have been told, that a decent graphic cards will come with all the necessary abilities to transfer sound via HDMI, with all the current 5.1, 7.2, Dolby, DTS, etc… combinations to my AV reciever (correct me if wrong and please advise) Price is not really an object, but I want to be as power usage conscious as I can. Gaming is good, but its not a critical factor, but nice to have some capability. My current view is an Intel i5 processor, and a AMD Radeon card, as these appear to be rather power efficient, without going silly. Maybe the other thing I should mention, is that I am intending to have a large case, to be able to house, several 3TB hard drives, if I can, as I have a huge huge collection of music and movies.
Option 2 is to go with a dedicated media play. Not sure of what’s good and what not. My key reason against this option is, they all appear to have crappy interfaces, and limited ability to have all my data accessible, i.e. a few usb sockets. (unless I really don’t know what I am talking about and you can correct me.) They also have poor browsers and usually limited as to how long these can be updated.
Can anyone advise as the plan is to have this up and running by Christmas.
You’ve probably had this question many times, so sorry if it sounds like a stuck record.
Essentially, I want a media player, which is able to play the highest quality HD movies + 3D Movies, and music (mp3), all of which can be accessed via my TV and AV receiver.
I have two options in my head; build a PC with a decent processor and graphics card + audio. My priorities are keeping the power consumption down to a minimum, whilst not restricting what can be done with it, now and in the reasonable future. (2 – 3 Years) I like the XBMC software, and will want to use that primarily, and Cyberlink for 3D Movies. Of course, I still want to be able to do all the other things one would expect, i.e browse the net, etc… but like to do this via a remote or wireless keyboard/mouse combination. Audio is also important, but have been told, that a decent graphic cards will come with all the necessary abilities to transfer sound via HDMI, with all the current 5.1, 7.2, Dolby, DTS, etc… combinations to my AV reciever (correct me if wrong and please advise) Price is not really an object, but I want to be as power usage conscious as I can. Gaming is good, but its not a critical factor, but nice to have some capability. My current view is an Intel i5 processor, and a AMD Radeon card, as these appear to be rather power efficient, without going silly. Maybe the other thing I should mention, is that I am intending to have a large case, to be able to house, several 3TB hard drives, if I can, as I have a huge huge collection of music and movies.
Option 2 is to go with a dedicated media play. Not sure of what’s good and what not. My key reason against this option is, they all appear to have crappy interfaces, and limited ability to have all my data accessible, i.e. a few usb sockets. (unless I really don’t know what I am talking about and you can correct me.) They also have poor browsers and usually limited as to how long these can be updated.
Can anyone advise as the plan is to have this up and running by Christmas.
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