flyinghaggis Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 As for going down the Xbox route, I'll investigate, but I think I'd prefer a retail 'off the shelf' option as I don't have a lot of time to give up to get this working if the Xbox option is in any way time consuming. Thanks to all. It's not the cheapest option but you can buy an xbox360 for £130 these days and it will link up to your TV and play pretty much anything on your PC straight out of the box without any hassle.
stl_support Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 XBMC Media Center | Downloads for Mac, Windows and Linux XBMC is now available for Windows / Linux / Mac so you can ditch the xbox and play HD content. yes the XBMC lads are certainly working hard - been using orginal xbmc for years. The reason i went away from a HTPC setup is a lot can (and does) go wrong with a computer also kids/my wife will be using it so im after something simple. i can certainly understand the need for one and i think the xbmc atlantis software is very good. i did consider using a ps3 or xbox 360 but the media playback features are not as good as i need them to be pick whats best for you - ive been ignoring the whole HD thing for a while..mainly due to the worry of where to store it all ...
stl_support Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 It's not the cheapest option but you can buy an xbox360 for £130 these days and it will link up to your TV and play pretty much anything on your PC straight out of the box without any hassle. the noise is the single factor that puts me off - if its in my front room and im watchinga movie off it i dont want to hear the 360. even with a moddified xbox 360 and the drive slowed down to 2x speed its very loud (well for me anyway) but for the money u cant go wrong these days
tmcd35 Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 the noise is the single factor that puts me off - if its in my front room and im watchinga movie off it i dont want to hear the 360. even with a moddified xbox 360 and the drive slowed down to 2x speed its very loud (well for me anyway) but for the money u cant go wrong these days I used to have a 360 (converted to PS3 now) and I have to say the noise never bothered me. But that just shows how loud the surround sound goes when I watch a movie! On my third set of neighbors in about 4 years:D
somabc Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I used to have a 360 (converted to PS3 now) and I have to say the noise never bothered me. But that just shows how loud the surround sound goes when I watch a movie! On my third set of neighbors in about 4 years:D The 360 is LOUD but the PS3 is much quieter
JohnMason Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Last Christmas I splashed out £100 on one of those HP (i think?) boxes that hooks up to your router and tv and can stream from any pc that has the correct (bundled) software. It got a bit of use, but i'm now thinking of either going direct (now i have a hd tv) or maybe finding a way to get my PS3 to do it for me. The HP thing also had that network through your power lines gimmick going for it, which if the pc wasn't 20 yards from the TV would have been awesome. edit: I should set it up in the babies room really.
mattx Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I just use a DivX / Xvid player that plays DVDs [ up-scales them ] and about everything else you can chuck at it...... Maplin do one for about £50 Mini MPEG4 HDMI DVD Player with USB and Card Reader > Maplin
stl_support Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 the xbox v ps3 media/noise debate is interesting and i have read good and bad things about both. As for DVD players that upscale and play divx that is a world of hurt. Having looked into it for the last 2 months as i wanted a dvd player to watch divx movies in the bedroom on my new TV. I went for this: DVP5990/37 - DVD player - Players and recorders - DVD and home theater - Philips I went for this as it supports USB2 (this helps a lot) and sometimes movie rips have sound issues (depending on how they are ripped, packed bitstream i think..cant remember now) and a lot of dvd players have problems but the dvp5990 handles them fine.
RabbieBurns Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Ive got 2 netgear eva8000 units in the house. Crackin bit of kit. Can probably pick up a 2nd hand one on ebay quite cheap.
stl_support Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Ive got 2 netgear eva8000 units in the house. Crackin bit of kit. Can probably pick up a 2nd hand one on ebay quite cheap. I did have a look early last year but i think i was put off by some issues with HD content - especially the sound side of things. I liked the GUI it seemed super quick.
RabbieBurns Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 yeh, the firmware has come on leaps and bounds from the original shipped stuff. Plays my 1080p mkv's no problem now. Theres a big new firmware revision due pretty soon now too.
RabbieBurns Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 amazon just slashed their prices of the eva8000. Dunno if that means theres a new model due... Amazon.co.uk: Netgear EVA8000 Digital Entertainer (HDTV Ready): Electronics & Photo
plexer Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 You could use: Wii Video 9 - Wii Video Converter or PS3 Video 9 - PlayStation 3 Video Converter Ben
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