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Sometimes I think they just want to torture me until I completely lose what is left of my mind.
They created a schizophrenic technology. And called it HTPC.
It makes the most beautiful video images obtainable. But it's also the most unreliable, most stress inducing thing ever imaginable.
My advice to anyone who is trying to make a decision to use a HTPC is this. Don't. Not unless you cut your teeth on an Apple 1 or Altair and have stayed abreast of all the developments in PC technology since.
If, like me, you possess only rudimentary PC knowledge
go with a DVD player instead.
The image quality will never equal what you would have seen with the HTPC. But your mental health is more important. The stress and anxiety which results from problem after problem after problem is not the price you want to pay to see a better picture.
Bob Wood
Sometimes I think they just want to torture me until I completely lose what is left of my mind.
They created a schizophrenic technology. And called it HTPC.
It makes the most beautiful video images obtainable. But it's also the most unreliable, most stress inducing thing ever imaginable.
My advice to anyone who is trying to make a decision to use a HTPC is this. Don't. Not unless you cut your teeth on an Apple 1 or Altair and have stayed abreast of all the developments in PC technology since.
If, like me, you possess only rudimentary PC knowledge
go with a DVD player instead.
The image quality will never equal what you would have seen with the HTPC. But your mental health is more important. The stress and anxiety which results from problem after problem after problem is not the price you want to pay to see a better picture.
Bob Wood