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Building The Ultimate Home Theater PC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-please-give-that-please-yes dept.

planetjay writes "Tom's Hardware takes a closer look at Building The Ultimate Home Theater PC." The article considers noise, aesthetics, and remote control. See also recent Ask SlashDot on MythTV extras and my favorite DIY PVR Resource"

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  1. How is it the "ultimate" when it only has 1 tuner? by VitrosChemistryAnaly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Okay, I fail to see the big deal. This thing doesn't offer much more than my TiVo. To be the ultimate it needs to be able to record more than one show at once.

    Put that in a "component" case and I'll be happy.

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  2. Re:Pointless by Golias · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You're not getting old. The conditioning to be a consumer instead of a producer is working on you is all.

    More accurately, he is producing enough in his specialization that he doesn't need to do everything for himself. I'm sure he doesn't always bake his own bread from scratch, or get milk from a cow every morning, or perhaps doesn't even change his own oil.

    It's what happens when you reach a certain age: Your time becomes worth more than the money you would save by giving it up on such tasks.

    My HDTV home theater build was not as simple as his, but still much simpler than the linked article:

    Step 1: Set up a Mac with EyeTV 500 and the Keyspan Remote Control sensor
    Step 2: Hook it up to a projection system via DVI-HDMI connector
    Step 3: There's no step three

    Did I spend more than a '1337 hax0r spent on a comparable Linux-based system? Yeah, probably.

    Do I give a shit? No, not really.

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