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What's the Point of Building a Home Theater PC?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad has written Building a Basic HTPC. They discuss why Building a HTPC only makes sense if it can do something better than any other commercially available solution, as well as why HTPC should integrate act like a component not a computer. They also go into upsampling of DVDs to HDTV."

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  1. Believe it or not... by DaHat · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Linux support is not everything, nor should it be considered as a sole deciding factor in the building of a PC.

    I do not run Linux, nor do I have any plans to on my desktop, thus Linux support for it matters less to me then your meaningless opinion.

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  2. Re:Not so redundant by Gherald · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've often thought /. should automagically mirror the text of articles as a "courtesy" to sites with low bandwidth.

    After all, Google stores text cache so it must be legal, right?

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  3. Re:FPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    home theater = conspicuous consumption = moneypowersex = everything worthwhile.

    What is it you don't understand ?