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Case with an LCD panel worth the extra cost? - marcozd - 2011-03-07
Hello all,
I am not sure what the general consensus is on this, but I was wondering if it is worth getting a case that has an LCD panel on the front.
I am slowly putting together an HTPC build, and I am looking to make a very quiet (if not completely silent) machine using a Zalman case, as I heard they are very quite and proivide good ventilation for passively cooled components. I want to use XBMC LIVE so I am also looking at minimal "fiddle factor" i.e. I don't want to spend 6 months of my life figuring out how to make the LCD work.
Here are the two models I am looking at:
No LCD ~$150.00 (CAD)
Zalman HD-501
With LCD ~ $240.00 (CAD)
Zalman HD-503
The price difference is about 90 dollars (CAD).
What are people's thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.
- poofyhairguy - 2011-03-07
marcozd Wrote:I want to use XBMC LIVE so I am also looking at minimal "fiddle factor" i.e. I don't want to spend 6 months of my life figuring out how to make the LCD work.
Then avoid it. Every solution I have seen involving Linux also involves a good bit of command-line hacking. Its not like installing XBMC where you can just add the "LCD Screen" repo and upgrade....
- retro11 - 2011-03-07
Same LCD as mine except i'm on an antec case. The thing I like best about the LCD is the progress bar which shows how far through / how much you have left to watch. Saves me having to keep pausing and unpausing to find out.
Other than that I could easily live without it and if I was using Linux I probably would be.
Although, the graphic equaliser is kinda pretty.
- marcozd - 2011-03-07
poofyhairguy Wrote:Then avoid it. Every solution I have seen involving Linux also involves a good bit of command-line hacking. Its not like installing XBMC where you can just add the "LCD Screen" repo and upgrade....
Thanks for your thoughts. I am leaning this way - maybe in future the magical "LCD Screen" repo will be around...
- marcozd - 2011-03-07
retro11 Wrote:Same LCD as mine except i'm on an antec case. The thing I like best about the LCD is the progress bar which shows how far through / how much you have left to watch. Saves me having to keep pausing and unpausing to find out.
Other than that I could easily live without it and if I was using Linux I probably would be.
Although, the graphic equaliser is kinda pretty.
Thanks! I can do without an equalizer I think, although the progress bar does sound useful. But I am OK using the pausing method.
- thethirdnut - 2011-03-08
I have the HD-501 for my XBMC1 rig. It's a very nice, classy looking case.