RE: HTPC - what card?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you posted your current list of MCE hardware once before but I
can't find it - would you be so kind to post it again? :)

Oh, and remind me of the method you use to rip, store and play your DVD
collection...

Ta.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Phil Harris
> Sent: 07 June 2006 14:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HTPC - what card?
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> > What method do you use Phil - and how good is it?
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> I use MCE via component video out of a Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9
motherboard
> and it's good enough not to annoy me...
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> > I'm still wondering whether to go for Myth, New MCE box (like
> > the Acer box recently posted) or a home brew MCE box - or
> > maybe just one of the many media player devices out there.
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> ...the $64,000,000 question!
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> > So to recap - just need to play existing video files and be
> > able to easily rip DVD's to play. Box will sit in Node0 and
> > output will be distributed by Composite (or maybe
> > VGA/component etc in future). HD playback capability would be
> > a nice bonus in the future POSSIBLY?
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> > Any thoughts on what I should go for?
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> Whatever you go for there will always be something else you should
have
> gone
> for... ;-)
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> Phil
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