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07-06-2014, 11:23 AM
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Home Theater PC
How many of you use a HTPC and what is the make up?
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07-06-2014, 01:19 PM
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-Apple Macbook Air
-Amazon Basics Mini Displayport to HDMI Cable -XBMC -LG Blu-Ray USB Drive -1TB USB Drive total cost was around $1250, this is because I repurposed the Macbook Air. You can do the same for about $750 if you are an Apple User and purchase similar Apple Hardware.
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07-06-2014, 08:22 PM
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I use a quiet PC - 4771 i7, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, fanless CPU cooler. Fanless PSU. Intel mini motherboard.
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07-06-2014, 09:22 PM
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I use a mac mini, 16gb ram, with audirvana plus, to bel canto reflink (usd-spdif converter), to audio aero capitol cd player mkii....
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07-06-2014, 09:45 PM
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George.......Are you asking how many of us use power conditioners with our home theater gear?
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#6
07-06-2014, 10:54 PM
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 HTPC Description: Dell XPS 8500 i7-3770 CPU @ 3.4GHz with 16GB of RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 set @ 1080p, 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, HL Blu-Ray Internal Drive, 1TB HD OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit JRiver Media Center v19 Video Mode: Red October HQ Audio Mode: Bitstreaming Both Blu-Ray and HD DVD files are stored on a 15TB RAID 5 storage which is backed up by a identical unit. Last edited by Audioseduction; 07-09-2014 at 07:11 PM.
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07-07-2014, 12:33 AM
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^ that is a very nice set-up.
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#9
07-07-2014, 12:30 PM
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PLEX is great, XMBC has ISO support and can script tons if things.. Cinema trivia, trailers, your own sound test, etc. With ISO format I back up all my DVDs in their raw format. Blu-Ray, 50 GB size, have to be local (USB, thunderbolt, internal etc..) big files, big stream. Still, like DVD you retain all the goodies/extras.
Users can convert BR using MakeMKV and use PLEX at a smaller file size with almost no perceivable loss in quality. BTW, I use Aurora Blu-Ray Copy. Sent from my iPhone using A.Aficionado
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#10
07-07-2014, 12:52 PM
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BD does not have to be local.
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