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<blockquote data-quote="Oculus" data-source="post: 154609" data-attributes="member: 22236">Depends on the setup.My HTPC has quite a prominent place in my living room, on top of a very stylish piece of furniture. It's not hidden away in an AV-rack.I spend a bit of extra cash on a nice case so I wouldn't have to worry about concealing it ( and of course the WAF ) and stayed away from a slim-case, so I could put what I might need inside the case.So in my case, PCI(e) is preferred.A friend of mine build his HTPC around one of those small Mac Mini knock-off cases and while it might fit perfectly out of the way, on a shelf, it does start to look rather shabby with the amount of USB devices connected (tuner, sound et cetera).Additionally, while CPU speeds will certainly have increased enough to allow for HD playback, when HD players and movies go mainstream, I have no desire to replace half my setup to accommodate a new CPU, if I could get a dedicated hardware solution that fits my current setup and leaves my with CPU cycles to boot <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oculus, post: 154609, member: 22236"] Depends on the setup. My HTPC has quite a prominent place in my living room, on top of a very stylish piece of furniture. It's not hidden away in an AV-rack. I spend a bit of extra cash on a nice case so I wouldn't have to worry about concealing it ( and of course the WAF ) and stayed away from a slim-case, so I could put what I might need [i]inside[/i] the case. So in my case, PCI(e) is preferred. A friend of mine build his HTPC around one of those small Mac Mini knock-off cases and while it might fit perfectly out of the way, on a shelf, it does start to look rather shabby with the amount of USB devices connected (tuner, sound et cetera). Additionally, while CPU speeds will certainly have increased enough to allow for HD playback, when HD players and movies go mainstream, I have no desire to replace half my setup to accommodate a new CPU, if I could get a dedicated hardware solution that fits my current setup and leaves my with CPU cycles to boot :) [/QUOTE]

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