Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question and also not sure if media center is the right term. Anyways I was just watching MTV Cribs and saw a home theater on there that had all there DVD's stored on a streamer or something like that. They said they have over 10,000 movies that they can pick from. Also I was at Magnolia home theater one time and they also had something similar where all the movie covers showed up on the screen and they were able to scroll through and pick a movie they wanted to watch. Is that a media center? Or is it something else? Can someone guide me in the right direction I am interested in maybe getting this for my home theater.

How much does it cost?

Do you have the same quality as watching a blu-ray movie?

How would you guys recommend getting something like this for my HT?

Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question and also not sure if media center is the right term. Anyways I was just watching MTV Cribs and saw a home theater on there that had all there DVD's stored on a streamer or something like that. They said they have over 10,000 movies that they can pick from. Also I was at Magnolia home theater one time and they also had something similar where all the movie covers showed up on the screen and they were able to scroll through and pick a movie they wanted to watch. Is that a media center? Or is it something else? Can someone guide me in the right direction I am interested in maybe getting this for my home theater.

How much does it cost?

Do you have the same quality as watching a blu-ray movie?

How would you guys recommend getting something like this for my HT?

See the server forum: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=39

-Bill

I think Sony makes a BD server. $$$$$$

It could be this: http://www.kaleidescape.com/ and if it is and you have to ask how much it costs then you can't afford it. :) No BD. I'm moving the thread too.

larry

I think youre refering to this? $3499 ouch

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HES-V1000-Blu-ray-Entertainment-Server/dp/B0010237NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241001839&sr=8-1

I think youre refering to this? $3499 ouch

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HES-V1000-Blu-ray-Entertainment-Server/dp/B0010237NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241001839&sr=8-1

so expensive..http://www.*****************/trafficreport/img/3721/k09f0423lglc/b.gif

It could be this: http://www.kaleidescape.com/ and if it is and you have to ask how much it costs then you can't afford it. :) No BD. I'm moving the thread too.

larry

Larry, I think his Title is just wrong; I think he's really asking how to rip and playback BD. I spent a good 20 minutes on a basic response for him, and now it's gone??

CD

Larry, I think his Title is just wrong; I think he's really asking how to rip and playback BD. I spent a good 20 minutes on a basic response for him, and now it's gone??

CD

OIC, it got double-posted somehow.

CD

Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question and also not sure if media center is the right term. Anyways I was just watching MTV Cribs and saw a home theater on there that had all there DVD's stored on a streamer or something like that. They said they have over 10,000 movies that they can pick from. Also I was at Magnolia home theater one time and they also had something similar where all the movie covers showed up on the screen and they were able to scroll through and pick a movie they wanted to watch. Is that a media center? Or is it something else? Can someone guide me in the right direction I am interested in maybe getting this for my home theater.

How much does it cost?

Do you have the same quality as watching a blu-ray movie?

How would you guys recommend getting something like this for my HT?
What you need to get real Blu-ray quality is some kind of storage/server, network and a multimedia-player which is able to play BD-files via LAN, like the TViX 6500a or, even better at this stage, HDI prime/center which not only can play BD-files but BD-iso and is capable of BD-J as well.

I think youre refering to this? $3499 ouch

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HES-V1000-Blu-ray-Entertainment-Server/dp/B0010237NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1241001839&sr=8-1

Wow the reviews sure aren't great for this, sounds kinda junky lol what a burn.


EDIT ARE you sure what you saw wasn't like netflix or the amazon site some tv's can access. Because I have a hard time believing that some guy had 10,000 movies on a server, sounds more like a streaming service.

Wow the reviews sure aren't great for this, sounds kinda junky lol what a burn.


EDIT ARE you sure what you saw wasn't like netflix or the amazon site some tv's can access. Because I have a hard time believing that some guy had 10,000 movies on a server, sounds more like a streaming service.

Im not sure it did kind of look like a popcorn hour setup where you can scroll through all the movies. Maybe it was a streaming service.

CdLehner has gave me some good info. The PCH looks like what Im looking for. Now I just need to know if Blu-ray movies will lose quality during playback on a FPJ1 projector on a 110inch screen.

If Im going to be losing Quality then I dont think this would be for me since I love the blu-ray quality.

CdLehner has gave me some good info. The PCH looks like what Im looking for. Now I just need to know if Blu-ray movies will lose quality during playback on a FPJ1 projector on a 110inch screen.

If Im going to be losing Quality then I dont think this would be for me since I love the blu-ray quality.

It uses an HDMI output and the same chipset found in many BD players...

It looks indentical to my PS3 on a 110 inch screen and I get lossless audio over HDMI....

Sean

It uses an HDMI output and the same chipset found in many BD players...

It looks indentical to my PS3 on a 110 inch screen and I get lossless audio over HDMI....

Sean

I wont be using HDMI for audio I will be using Optical. Is there a loss with Optical to?

Lossless audio (aka TrueHD and DTS MA) are not possible over optical or coax no matter what the equipment is.

if you want the latest and greatest in audio support you need HDMI 1.3 preamp/receiveer or a player/streamer that has 8 channels of analog outputs or a player/streamer that decodes them and outputs PCM over HDMI.

No streamers I know of have 8 channels of analog outputs. Some BD players do but they dont stream...... Some BD players will decode and output LPCM over HDMI but none of them stream either...

simple solution. get a new pre-amp/receiver with all the money you saved versus a kaleidescape or new HTPC. if you want original audio off the bluray. Otherwise you will get DTS and DD 5.1 which is higher bitrate than DVD and will still sound better but its not whats possible on bluray.

Sean

I am fine with just DTS and DD 5.1 since that is what I am using now. My surround sound system isn't top of the line so Dolby 5.1 with optical will be fine for me.