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Hughesey writes "With PC's beginning to enter the Home Entertainment scene, OC-Melbourne have come up with the perfect way to integrate a PC into your Home Theater setup. The OC-Melbourne HEPC. Quote From the Article: 'So now we have a PC that is capable of replacing many separate devices (such as a DVD player, and consoles), but lets admit it, that big beige case probably looks far worse than the hardware its replacing. Some people have gotten around this by using specialised cases such as those from Shuttle, or fancy aluminium cases such as those from LianLi. These cases, however, still don't integrate seamlessly into modern home theater systems, as they still maintain their "PC" look. Enter the OC-Melbourne HEPC...'"
that big beige case probably looks far worse than the hardware its replacing...
No problems for me, i never close my case anyway...
How about letting someone know when they are going to make the slashdot site. They could make websites without the encumbersome banner ads, obligatory BIG images on every page. Then just maybe, I, with my T1 could actually see there page. Very unfortunate as I am truly interested in this piece.
Having to pull out a keyboard to do certain things, poor flexibility in IR remotes for PCs (and their integration to software), having to reboot Windows when it gets grumpy, and so forth, are the reasons why it's painful to get a PC as a regular part of your home theatre.
Yeah, I reckon someone should come up with dedicated boxes you can buy and link up to your tv.
first off an Audiophile DOES in fact deal with fan noise. Most high end amps have fans that come on when the device asks for it. Second audiophiles (real audiophiles) have all their equipment mounted in a 19 inch rack with custom trim plates for the faces of all the equipment therefore isolating the equipment's noise. And finally.. high end audiophiles have all the equipment in the projector room (a thin closet with a prjoector window where EVERYTHINg resides and is controlled via a nice AV control system from AMX or Panja.)
finally a real audiophile would NEVER own a PS2... they are busy spending their money on overpriced audio equipment and would be utterly appaled at the video quality out of any of these toys call console games. (the Xbox,PS2 and GC all suck horribly when blown up to a 10foot screen.)
so this is a non issue. and most "audiophiles" have at least 1 pc in their audio rack already. (rackmount case, no work and the air filters in the front behind the door muffles the fans nicely.)
so yes, audiophiles don't care one bit about fan noise, as we muffle it properly.
BTW, I am NOT an audiophile... anyone that calls themself that is only a poser that is trying to impress people with their lack-of-knowlege. (Ohhh you have to use $23.00 a foot speaker cable! I can hear the diference!)
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Heh. A discussion 5 replies deep on the meaning of a "true" audiophile. It's always amazed me that so many people shell out piles and piles of cash for high end speakers, _and they listen to curdled genital cheese_. "yeah, I spent $10,000 on audio equipment. I'm an audiophile. Cat Stevens, Yani, and Grandmaster P never sounded so good." Give me a break. I'll take the $10 computer speakers with Radiohead over your setup any day.