Building a Quiet Media Room PC

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech just come out with a new Media Center PC build-it project. This one takes advantage of Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Rollup 2 and uses a fanless graphics card, four tuners--two standard TV and two HDTV, the Creative Labs DTS-610, which lets you bypass some DRM, and a good-looking SilverStone LaScala chassis that fits in your media rack. The new system is way more versatile, and maybe more importantly, a lot quieter than any previous media PC DIY boxes. One drawback: We're still waiting for the cable and satellite companies to get it together on CableCard, so the system has to do without."

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[Lord Apathy]

No you don't. Plasma TV's are junk. They go dim after a few years and you can't play games on them because they are susceptible to burn in.

If you must have a big ass tv you best bet bang for buck is still a rear projection. If you must hang something on the wall the best thing to do is put a 100 bucks into a walmart special and wait for the price of LCD's to come down.

Tell ye what...

[way2trivial]

you decide exactly what slashdot should be, and go make that happen-- slashcode is available for free.

I like a random spattering of weirdass topics.

I just hate roland pipsqueaks stuff....