michal1980
Diamond Member
Ok So I need help with a project that I?m working on, that will come online in the next few months.
Over the past oh lots of years, Since basically 6-8 odd years, between me and my fiancée, we a large collection of movies.
This will probably increase somewhat as time goes on, but the rate at which is going up has over time decreased. And so the need to future expansion is going down.
Its just frustrating to flip through the dvds to find the one we are looking for, and if someone pulled it out, and put it somewhere else its just a pain.
Along with a large music collection, and now the hook up to say a yahoo music /napster pay per month (cheap, lots of variety, so I don?t own it, bahh, I can listen to hundreds err thousands of songs for 6 bucks a month, and have my family do so legally, without fear is worth 6 bucks).
I would like to setup a nice media center pc. I like parts that are both cheap, but also a great value. I won?t just buy something because its cheap, and fills 80% the need.
Already have a hdtv, which will in time get upgraded.
Heres what I would like:
A PC that can store or access all my dvds, when I load and back them up to a hard drive.
This same pc should be able to play back these dvds, have software that atomically or easily catalogs the movies, and can display / download covers/ pictures so its easy/ ?pretty? to browse through the movie collection.
The pc needs to output these movies in the highest quality possible. I.E. up convert, to a standard hd-resolution of at least 1080I, and in the future 1080p. So that they do not look like complete crap, the output should be hdmi at best, dvi is good, component is alright, nothing lower.
The software running should be easy to use, and possible come with a remote, or remote support so I can program my harmony to use it.
Components should be as low power as possible, so that the need for fans is as low as possible.
A good power save mode, if possible so that it can be turned off to not waster power.
Output the sound in a digital format that will but output to a receiver.
This would be nice, but not required.
Function as a dvr / hddvr, that can accept both over the air, and qam signals.
Thanks for any / all help
Over the past oh lots of years, Since basically 6-8 odd years, between me and my fiancée, we a large collection of movies.
This will probably increase somewhat as time goes on, but the rate at which is going up has over time decreased. And so the need to future expansion is going down.
Its just frustrating to flip through the dvds to find the one we are looking for, and if someone pulled it out, and put it somewhere else its just a pain.
Along with a large music collection, and now the hook up to say a yahoo music /napster pay per month (cheap, lots of variety, so I don?t own it, bahh, I can listen to hundreds err thousands of songs for 6 bucks a month, and have my family do so legally, without fear is worth 6 bucks).
I would like to setup a nice media center pc. I like parts that are both cheap, but also a great value. I won?t just buy something because its cheap, and fills 80% the need.
Already have a hdtv, which will in time get upgraded.
Heres what I would like:
A PC that can store or access all my dvds, when I load and back them up to a hard drive.
This same pc should be able to play back these dvds, have software that atomically or easily catalogs the movies, and can display / download covers/ pictures so its easy/ ?pretty? to browse through the movie collection.
The pc needs to output these movies in the highest quality possible. I.E. up convert, to a standard hd-resolution of at least 1080I, and in the future 1080p. So that they do not look like complete crap, the output should be hdmi at best, dvi is good, component is alright, nothing lower.
The software running should be easy to use, and possible come with a remote, or remote support so I can program my harmony to use it.
Components should be as low power as possible, so that the need for fans is as low as possible.
A good power save mode, if possible so that it can be turned off to not waster power.
Output the sound in a digital format that will but output to a receiver.
This would be nice, but not required.
Function as a dvr / hddvr, that can accept both over the air, and qam signals.
Thanks for any / all help
