Posts by dborgill

Right, I am good on the emulators and CPUs. Thank you! Still not quite clear on XBMC vs WMC 7. I tried Openelec and it seems pretty slick and very easy to maintain. Just don't know if there are limitation on that vs full Windows or...

Quote:Originally Posted by BiggAW The real question is why are they still making a technology that died several years ago? Yes, they brought the power consumption down, but when the LED-LCD's came out, it was game over. Virtually no...

Thanks guys -- I forgot to mention that I wouldn't get doing ANYTHING CPU intensive in the box besides emulators. I have a separate Blu-Ray ripping box. I booted up Openelec on an old box and it was pretty awesome. Can I run emulators...

Hmmm... I would love to see OLED vs the Panny Plasma. It's stunning and I don't even have the best set yet. Any estimates on when OLED TVs are actually going to be in stores at reasonable prices?

Mfusick -- You are very helpful. Thank you! I just wondered how big a difference Intel HD graphics were vs Intel HD 2000/3000/4000 when it comes to HTPC and emulators. I am confused.. WMC can do "more" than XBMC? Skins? Plugins like...

I swear I read 5 years ago that OLED would rule the market "soon" yet... nothing. I LOVE my Panny plasma and laugh at the Samsung LEDs that cost almost 3x as much in the 60" size..

Three questions: 1 - For ripped blu-rays (lossless) 1080p + bitstream audio, does it matter which CPU between the G630, the G850 and the i3? 2 - I am debating on just going Openelec/Linux XBMC or WMC on Windows 7. Is there an simple...

Thanks all for your input -- Just dumped DirecTV. A few remaining questions: 1 - Can I use XBMC for OTA HD DVR or do I need WMC? 2 - Any good barebones/all in ones on The 'Egg that meets my needs? 3 - I have a Windows XP license--...

Am I the only person that wants a media center built into my AVR? I wouldn't think it would be that hard to add something in like that but maybe I am up in the night.. I am tired of having of having multiple devices for physical...

So.. can you stream HD audio on this bad boy? 1080p streaming is a given these days on any device but can I play a 1080p/HD audio .MKV file on it?