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<blockquote data-quote="Vimes" data-source="post: 867007" data-attributes="member: 87494">Taking the &quot;effort&quot; and cost aspect even further...&nbsp;Standalone type media players are now quite good. I don't just mean the WD Live type but the ones like the Sumvision Cyclone, the micro 3 one is one that I have seen.For the cost of those, and you can connect any USB source or SD card etc, it plays 1080p through HDMI without issue at an affordable price. There is very little to configure and, as time passes, you can buy a newer model cheaper than replacing the GPU in a HTPC.My Son has the Sumvision model connected to an external HD, the HD is bigger than the media player.! It really is a nice piece of kit and if I did not have an HTPC I was seriously doubt that I would bother with one now for what you can pay for a media player.The good thing about XBMC is how versatile it is. I read of people already using it without issue whilst running under the Windows 8 preview and it is relatively easy to set-up, compared to MP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vimes, post: 867007, member: 87494"] Taking the "effort" and cost aspect even further... Standalone type media players are now quite good. I don't just mean the WD Live type but the ones like the Sumvision Cyclone, the micro 3 one is one that I have seen. For the cost of those, and you can connect any USB source or SD card etc, it plays 1080p through HDMI without issue at an affordable price. There is very little to configure and, as time passes, you can buy a newer model cheaper than replacing the GPU in a HTPC. My Son has the Sumvision model connected to an external HD, the HD is bigger than the media player.! It really is a nice piece of kit and if I did not have an HTPC I was seriously doubt that I would bother with one now for what you can pay for a media player. The good thing about XBMC is how versatile it is. I read of people already using it without issue whilst running under the Windows 8 preview and it is relatively easy to set-up, compared to MP. [/QUOTE]

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