elrasho
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Hi,
Some of you might have seen my posts in the Toshiba Z series about connecting my Acer Aspire 5920G to my Toshiba 42Z2020D HDTV using HDMI. Now that I have got that working, I've decided to build a HTPC as I would prefer to leave the HTPC in the cabinet rather than moving the current Laptop around.
So is it possible to build an HTCP for ?300 that will do the following:
1. Connect to my HDTV using HDMI
2. Audio comes from a dedicated sound card (can be onboard) that uses Optical to connect to my reciever
3. I would really prefer the case to be shaped as a convential DVD player so it fits snugly in my cabinet
4. Can play .MKV files as my HD movies are in this format
5. Preferably have USB ports on the front as I will be transfering the .MKV files to the internal Hard Drive using an external USB Hard Drive
6. Can play 1080P .MKV files
Heres the list of hardware Im getting so far:
Antec NSK1380 Micro Cube 350W Silver/Black ? 64.95
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz (Retail 775) ? 74.95
500GB Samsung Spinpoint 501LJ SATA2 16MB ? 34.95
OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Value Series ? 19.95
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H, GeForce 7100, Socket 775, MCP-630i ? 38.37
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S Plus - PCI Digital Satellite TV and Radio Tuner Card ? 38.67
Total ?319.41
What do you guys think? Will this setup allow me to play .MKV files at 1080P?
What about the software? Ive got Vista Ultimate and really wanna use a remote rather than a Keybaord and Mouse to move through my movies and music
Some of you might have seen my posts in the Toshiba Z series about connecting my Acer Aspire 5920G to my Toshiba 42Z2020D HDTV using HDMI. Now that I have got that working, I've decided to build a HTPC as I would prefer to leave the HTPC in the cabinet rather than moving the current Laptop around.
So is it possible to build an HTCP for ?300 that will do the following:
1. Connect to my HDTV using HDMI
2. Audio comes from a dedicated sound card (can be onboard) that uses Optical to connect to my reciever
3. I would really prefer the case to be shaped as a convential DVD player so it fits snugly in my cabinet
4. Can play .MKV files as my HD movies are in this format
5. Preferably have USB ports on the front as I will be transfering the .MKV files to the internal Hard Drive using an external USB Hard Drive
6. Can play 1080P .MKV files
Heres the list of hardware Im getting so far:
Antec NSK1380 Micro Cube 350W Silver/Black ? 64.95
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz (Retail 775) ? 74.95
500GB Samsung Spinpoint 501LJ SATA2 16MB ? 34.95
OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Value Series ? 19.95
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H, GeForce 7100, Socket 775, MCP-630i ? 38.37
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S Plus - PCI Digital Satellite TV and Radio Tuner Card ? 38.67
Total ?319.41
What do you guys think? Will this setup allow me to play .MKV files at 1080P?
What about the software? Ive got Vista Ultimate and really wanna use a remote rather than a Keybaord and Mouse to move through my movies and music