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Good morning:
I am in the process of planning a move from a PS3/Cable box setup to a HTPC (eventually with a cablecard setup). At this point, I've been able to plan around without much capital investment, but it's either go for it or abandon time. My current thought process on the setup is:
Core i3(low power)
ATI 5570 (lowest power card w/ all features and support for 24p)
4 GB ram (enough RAM)
Some quality motherboard
some quality case
Bluray/DVD player: PowerDVD 9 Ultra
Windows 7 MC w/ Mediabrowser
My other hardware is a Pioneer 5070 and a Denon 2807 (last one BEFORE support for HD bitstreaming so I'd be outputting LPCM). I plan on controlling with harmony remote.
I have Gigabit throughout the house so I am planning on having a RAID5 setup in another room w/ Bluray, HDDVDs (converted to BD ISOs) and DVDs as well as past recordings.
Here are my questions/concerns:
1) First, any issues with the setup I'm planning?
2) Can I achieve 95% of my PS3 PQ on this setup?
3) Any idea what I would output to my TV? Can windows switch automatically between 24p and a different resolution? I don't think my TV can take in 60p.
4) I'm assuming with windows MC and PowerDVD integrated this would be pretty WAF friendly no?
I think that's about it. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
Chris
I am in the process of planning a move from a PS3/Cable box setup to a HTPC (eventually with a cablecard setup). At this point, I've been able to plan around without much capital investment, but it's either go for it or abandon time. My current thought process on the setup is:
Core i3(low power)
ATI 5570 (lowest power card w/ all features and support for 24p)
4 GB ram (enough RAM)
Some quality motherboard
some quality case
Bluray/DVD player: PowerDVD 9 Ultra
Windows 7 MC w/ Mediabrowser
My other hardware is a Pioneer 5070 and a Denon 2807 (last one BEFORE support for HD bitstreaming so I'd be outputting LPCM). I plan on controlling with harmony remote.
I have Gigabit throughout the house so I am planning on having a RAID5 setup in another room w/ Bluray, HDDVDs (converted to BD ISOs) and DVDs as well as past recordings.
Here are my questions/concerns:
1) First, any issues with the setup I'm planning?
2) Can I achieve 95% of my PS3 PQ on this setup?
3) Any idea what I would output to my TV? Can windows switch automatically between 24p and a different resolution? I don't think my TV can take in 60p.
4) I'm assuming with windows MC and PowerDVD integrated this would be pretty WAF friendly no?
I think that's about it. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
Chris