2014-02-26, 10:47
Hi everyone.... thank you for taking the time to read my post. So long story short my son recently had a stroke and as a result is having some seizures
Good news is he is getting better! and should make a full recovery.
But the wife and I will be home for quite some time with him and I would like to have a nice HTPC for us to watch some movies/shows on. We live in San Diego
Currently I have a ATV-1200 little android box with XBMC that we use. (http://m.aliexpress.com/item/709770328.h...sitedetail) it glitches a lot and doesn't play 1080 movies that well and over all just isn't very stable. It has served its purpose well but we would like to upgrade since we use it so much.
This would be my first build an I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
My HTPC goal:
My TV is a 55" Panasonic plasma
Budget: $250-300
Would like the case to be somewhat compact, energy efficient, and quiet
We will be using it primarily to stream 1080 movies and shows off xbmc as well as use it as a DVD/blueray, 3Dmovie player and light web browsing, I have a TON of DVD's I would like to eventually put on a external hard drive and play the movies off of it as well.
If possible I would like it to be WiFi capable as well as LAN.
I also would like it for TV (someday when I can break away from cox.) But maybe I could do that in a future build once I learn some more.
If someone could tell me what to buy I can build it. I am not vary computer savvy but am good at building things and could definitely figure it out. There is just soooooo much info out there it is a little overwhelming especially when I don't have a tone of time for the research.
This is a ground up build and I really appreciate all your help on it.
I know time is valuable so thank you
Good news is he is getting better! and should make a full recovery.
But the wife and I will be home for quite some time with him and I would like to have a nice HTPC for us to watch some movies/shows on. We live in San Diego
Currently I have a ATV-1200 little android box with XBMC that we use. (http://m.aliexpress.com/item/709770328.h...sitedetail) it glitches a lot and doesn't play 1080 movies that well and over all just isn't very stable. It has served its purpose well but we would like to upgrade since we use it so much.
This would be my first build an I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
My HTPC goal:
My TV is a 55" Panasonic plasma
Budget: $250-300
Would like the case to be somewhat compact, energy efficient, and quiet
We will be using it primarily to stream 1080 movies and shows off xbmc as well as use it as a DVD/blueray, 3Dmovie player and light web browsing, I have a TON of DVD's I would like to eventually put on a external hard drive and play the movies off of it as well.
If possible I would like it to be WiFi capable as well as LAN.
I also would like it for TV (someday when I can break away from cox.) But maybe I could do that in a future build once I learn some more.
If someone could tell me what to buy I can build it. I am not vary computer savvy but am good at building things and could definitely figure it out. There is just soooooo much info out there it is a little overwhelming especially when I don't have a tone of time for the research.
This is a ground up build and I really appreciate all your help on it.
I know time is valuable so thank you