thomas Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm thinking of building one. I watch a ton of anime fansubs using the .mkv container, and they are usually soft-subs with avc1 video at 720p which won't work on an xbox with xbmc because it is too underpowered. I am also thinking about spending a bit more, and making adding a blu-ray drive so I can finally have a blu-ray player. I'm curious if anyone has built one, and what type of components you used and costs did you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I am so confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circlingvultures Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Instead of building whatever the hell you are talking about, why dont you build some sort of laser to perform your own home oral surgeries?? Think of how much money you will save in Dentist and Doctor visits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 HTPC = Home Theater PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsteel Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 This probably won't be much help, but in our lab we build our own PCs from scratch since we need some pretty unique parts and lots of graphical power. I thought it was gonna be a huge hassle, and I had little to no knowledge about 'building' computers going in but it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. So I would guess that if you have a little knowledge going in, which it seems you do. You should be fine. Not quite what you were looking for, but some insight at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrudeboy Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 The trick to this is make sure you use a video card with hdmi out, and get a sound card with digital out to hook up to your ht receiver. hd files need a lot of horse power to process without glitching so get a nice dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Yeah, I've built computers before just not ones made for video playback. My laptop has VGA out, and my TV has VGA in, but since it's got a cheap videocard I can't play 720p stuff with high birates. It does the job now, but it does stutter on some stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm waiting for this: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/16/wd-tv-2-spruces-up-western-digitals-already-attractive-media-pl/ Then I'll decide if I'm going to build a HTPC or not. AppleTV just cannot handle things too well. Check the XBMC forums for info on the best HTPCs and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I thought about buying one of the WD devices before, but the first model is seriously lacking in features. I'll check out the XBMC forums, thanks Kirby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I thought about buying one of the WD devices before, but the first model is seriously lacking in features. I'll check out the XBMC forums, thanks Kirby. I'm hoping that one I posted above has wifi too, if it does, sold! But I really want something that'll still run XBMC -- I can't get enough of that program! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I thought about buying one of the WD devices before, but the first model is seriously lacking in features. I'll check out the XBMC forums, thanks Kirby. I'm hoping that one I posted above has wifi too, if it does, sold! But I really want something that'll still run XBMC -- I can't get enough of that program! XBMC is a beautiful piece of software. It was the only reason I still used my xbox until recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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