Portugal
Hi everyone! It's my first post here and I hope you can help me building an HTPC.
I still don't know what to buy, that's actually where I need help. Since I live in Portugal, I can only buy components avaible here on in the EU.
Let's start with the case... I've seen Silvercrest Lc18(black) and I instantly fell in love with it... But it's too much expensive and I doubt I'll end up buying it, so I'll stick with one that has a "regular number/text display".
Basically, I need a htpc that can read both mpeg, divx and h264 full-hd formats (and the standart definition formats too, of course).
Now the graphics... I'd like one with dvi output (with hdcp enabled) to connect it to my tv trough a dvi-hdmi adaptor. And if it could have hardware acceleration to decode, deinterlace, etc, that would be a plus too!!
The board/processor... I have no ideia what can read all those HD formats, so I really need help here.
And the capture cards, I'm thinking an analog card and a DVB-S capture card too.
Wireless network would be cool too, like that I could read/write files from my PC to my HTPC and vice-versa.
Well, in terms of hardware I guess this is all... And I'm already scared with how much everything I "want" will cost, but can't hurt to try +
The software... I just found out about MP, so I'm still testing it, I'll tell you if it fits my needs (I hope so, and I'm confident) later.
Oh, I forgot... What I really don't want is a noisy system... I already own a rear-projection tv, so I really don't need more noise in the room
Thanks for your time and I hope you can help me!
I still don't know what to buy, that's actually where I need help. Since I live in Portugal, I can only buy components avaible here on in the EU.
Let's start with the case... I've seen Silvercrest Lc18(black) and I instantly fell in love with it... But it's too much expensive and I doubt I'll end up buying it, so I'll stick with one that has a "regular number/text display".
Basically, I need a htpc that can read both mpeg, divx and h264 full-hd formats (and the standart definition formats too, of course).
Now the graphics... I'd like one with dvi output (with hdcp enabled) to connect it to my tv trough a dvi-hdmi adaptor. And if it could have hardware acceleration to decode, deinterlace, etc, that would be a plus too!!
The board/processor... I have no ideia what can read all those HD formats, so I really need help here.
And the capture cards, I'm thinking an analog card and a DVB-S capture card too.
Wireless network would be cool too, like that I could read/write files from my PC to my HTPC and vice-versa.
Well, in terms of hardware I guess this is all... And I'm already scared with how much everything I "want" will cost, but can't hurt to try
+The software... I just found out about MP, so I'm still testing it, I'll tell you if it fits my needs (I hope so, and I'm confident) later.
Oh, I forgot... What I really don't want is a noisy system... I already own a rear-projection tv, so I really don't need more noise in the room
Thanks for your time and I hope you can help me!