(2013-04-11, 22:12)colonelblighty Wrote: Very tempted to get one if these or the intel nuc. I think I'd be better off with this though as its more suited to my skill level. I see ebuyer have them at £229.99 at the moment too. I think the plan would be to use it with openelec to feed my tv and my pj but I need to output to both separately.

(2013-04-11, 23:47)Trooperlooper Wrote: I run a tv and projector off a single output from the box by using one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet%C2%A9-SWITCH-input-output-Switcher/dp/B001DAHS5Q/ref=sr_1_13?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1365716680&sr=1-13&keywords=hdmi+splitter

Excellent little device with no quality loss

(2013-04-12, 08:22)colonelblighty Wrote: As much as I'm not a fan of windows 8 I'd say its actually worth the £30 just for the license ad I'm not too fussed about the larger hard drive as all content is held externally on my nas and another 1.5tb drive with uncompressed mkv's.

I'd need to get a ir receiver too for my harmony to make it all family friendly though I reckon that remote linked to a few pages back would do as I could copy that. One other thing what actually comes in the box e.g. Hdmi cable, Ethernet etc?

(2013-04-12, 10:24)JesusOnEez Wrote: Although £30 may be worth it for the Windows 8 license, note that there is no media, and Windows 8 only exists on the Lenovo as a restore partition, so if you completely wipe the hard drive for something else, it's gone. Just worth noting.

(2013-04-12, 09:59)colonelblighty Wrote:

(2013-04-11, 23:47)Trooperlooper Wrote: I run a tv and projector off a single output from the box by using one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet%C2%A9-SWITCH-input-output-Switcher/dp/B001DAHS5Q/ref=sr_1_13?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1365716680&sr=1-13&keywords=hdmi+splitter

Excellent little device with no quality loss

I've just realised that's 3 in one out so you use it the other way around? The one I have is 1in 2 out as I have the out from my amp going in the a feed to the pj and the tv.

This is the one I already have

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0042KY0GY/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(2013-04-12, 10:28)noggin Wrote:

(2013-04-12, 10:24)JesusOnEez Wrote: Although £30 may be worth it for the Windows 8 license, note that there is no media, and Windows 8 only exists on the Lenovo as a restore partition, so if you completely wipe the hard drive for something else, it's gone. Just worth noting.

Doesn't Windows 8 offer a 'create backup discs' option - allowing you to create restore media yourself? Windows 7 offered this on my Dell laptop. You'd need an external optical drive for this I guess (don't think Windows offered the option of backup to USB Flash media when I did this)

(2013-04-12, 10:28)noggin Wrote:

(2013-04-12, 10:24)JesusOnEez Wrote: Although £30 may be worth it for the Windows 8 license, note that there is no media, and Windows 8 only exists on the Lenovo as a restore partition, so if you completely wipe the hard drive for something else, it's gone. Just worth noting.

Doesn't Windows 8 offer a 'create backup discs' option - allowing you to create restore media yourself? Windows 7 offered this on my Dell laptop. You'd need an external optical drive for this I guess (don't think Windows offered the option of backup to USB Flash media when I did this)

(2013-04-12, 11:22)JesusOnEez Wrote:

(2013-04-12, 10:28)noggin Wrote:

(2013-04-12, 10:24)JesusOnEez Wrote: Although £30 may be worth it for the Windows 8 license, note that there is no media, and Windows 8 only exists on the Lenovo as a restore partition, so if you completely wipe the hard drive for something else, it's gone. Just worth noting.

Doesn't Windows 8 offer a 'create backup discs' option - allowing you to create restore media yourself? Windows 7 offered this on my Dell laptop. You'd need an external optical drive for this I guess (don't think Windows offered the option of backup to USB Flash media when I did this)

Yes, you're right, you can create your own with an optical drive.