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DPete27 wrote:I may have unintentionally ignored the part where you said you were replacing your PS3, which would indicate that you do plan on gaming on this HTPC.
Anyway, since the PS3 was used for Netflix, and some random media streaming
DPete27 wrote:I may have unintentionally ignored the part where you said you were replacing your PS3, which would indicate that you do plan on gaming on this HTPC. In that case, the "next gen console" is definetly a good solution. As an alternative, you can save a few bucks by going with the i3-2120, 4GB of RAM, and just the mechanical hdd. You can even drop down to a 7770 graphics card if you don't mind playing games at less than "Ultra" graphics detail levels. If you stay with mini-ITX, make sure you choose a case that will accomodate your graphics card choice. Some mini-ITX cases are "low profile" which means they won't support full-height (normal) GPUs, or only have 1 expansion slot in the back which will obviously not work with a dual slot GPU.
superjawes wrote:DPete27 wrote:I may have unintentionally ignored the part where you said you were replacing your PS3, which would indicate that you do plan on gaming on this HTPC.Anyway, since the PS3 was used for Netflix, and some random media streaming
I'll let someone else make the PS3 joke...
druidcent wrote:Begin tangentsuperjawes wrote::) What can I say it was a gift.. I have 2 or 3 games for it... but nothing that I'm broken up about not playing..:) What can I say it was a gift.. I have 2 or 3 games for it... but nothing that I'm broken up about not playing..
druidcent wrote:I have that Ceton card in my living room PC. You can configure the tuner to make live TV accessible from other PCs on the network (though I have not turned on this feature). Where you may run into trouble is with the "broadcast only" flag for recorded television programs. This bit of DRM makes the recorded program only viewable on the PC that made the recording.What about something like this Ceton Infinitv 4 PCi-E?
If I setup the HTPC as a media server, couldn't I watch TV on my laptops the same way?