- Sep 19, 2006
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I got a sizeable bonus at work and would like to put it towards assembling an HTPC for the living room. I've got most of the components picked out, but I can't seem to find any good source for what I need to play Blu-Ray discs.
Right now I have chosen the cheapest of the cheap (I would like to stay Intel for the CPU).
Celeron E1200 running on a G41-based board. Is the onboard 4500 powerful enough to decode Blu-Ray discs? Do I need a faster proc? Should I forget about onboard video altogether and just get an HD4XXX card? The tuner card I chose has hardware MPEG2 but not h.264.
I would love to keep the system under $600 total. I already have hard drives, but everything else would be purchased new.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
My goal with this system is to play Blu-Rays/DVDs, watch/record TV(NTSC/ATSC/Clear QAM), and output an optical audio signal to my receiver.
Right now I have chosen the cheapest of the cheap (I would like to stay Intel for the CPU).
Celeron E1200 running on a G41-based board. Is the onboard 4500 powerful enough to decode Blu-Ray discs? Do I need a faster proc? Should I forget about onboard video altogether and just get an HD4XXX card? The tuner card I chose has hardware MPEG2 but not h.264.
I would love to keep the system under $600 total. I already have hard drives, but everything else would be purchased new.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
My goal with this system is to play Blu-Rays/DVDs, watch/record TV(NTSC/ATSC/Clear QAM), and output an optical audio signal to my receiver.