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<blockquote data-quote="jsimmons" data-source="post: 401636" data-attributes="member: 85374">I just dropped $1100 for parts for a HTPC, a MCE remote, and a new A/V receiver (I needed more HDMI in ports).&nbsp; Back in the day when I built fast cars, we had a saying - &quot;Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Those of us that wanted the speed spent the money - there's simply no way around it.&nbsp; You'll find a lot of parallels in life, and building/maintaining a HTPC is one of thise things.&nbsp; We have it much easier in that regard than the peioneers of the hobby did even two short years ago.Everything worth doing takes time to do.&nbsp; If it had bugs, you didn't do enough research or preparation before assembling the system.&nbsp; As far as waiting for Sony (or someone else) releasing a HTPC-in-a-box, you're wasting your time - there's no money in it for them.&nbsp; They're selling the crap outa standalone A/V receivers and DVD players, and at an extremely high margin of profit. Selling pre-assembled PCs simply doesn't make money.In essence, building a HTPC takes some knowledge of hardware AND software, and how the two work together.&nbsp; There's certainly no shame in admitting that you simply don't have the chops for the task at hand, because not everybody does.The original poster's message should probably be deleted (I mean seriously - look at his user ID).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsimmons, post: 401636, member: 85374"] I just dropped $1100 for parts for a HTPC, a MCE remote, and a new A/V receiver (I needed more HDMI in ports). Back in the day when I built fast cars, we had a saying - "Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?" Those of us that wanted the speed spent the money - there's simply no way around it. You'll find a lot of parallels in life, and building/maintaining a HTPC is one of thise things. We have it much easier in that regard than the peioneers of the hobby did even two short years ago. Everything worth doing takes time to do. If it had bugs, you didn't do enough research or preparation before assembling the system. As far as waiting for Sony (or someone else) releasing a HTPC-in-a-box, you're wasting your time - there's no money in it for them. They're selling the crap outa standalone A/V receivers and DVD players, and at an extremely high margin of profit. Selling pre-assembled PCs simply doesn't make money. In essence, building a HTPC takes some knowledge of hardware AND software, and how the two work together. There's certainly no shame in admitting that you simply don't have the chops for the task at hand, because not everybody does. The original poster's message should probably be deleted (I mean seriously - look at his user ID). [/QUOTE]

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