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This system will allow me to view, record, pause and rewind digital television as well as manage my household's digital media library of video, music, photos and other recordings (e.g. home movies). Besides accomplishing the major functionality goals of this system, I also expect to have substantial usability and feature gains over the commercially available alternatives. | This system will allow me to view, record, pause and rewind digital television as well as manage my household's digital media library of video, music, photos and other recordings (e.g. home movies). Besides accomplishing the major functionality goals of this system, I also expect to have substantial usability and feature gains over the commercially available alternatives. | ||
| − | To go along with the free software, I'm purchasing a few hardware components to | + | To go along with the free software, I'm purchasing a few hardware components to createthe system. |
# A small, quiet, cool but confident "front-end" which will be the computer that sits next to my TV. | # A small, quiet, cool but confident "front-end" which will be the computer that sits next to my TV. | ||
# A small external 1.5TB drive that serves as storage. | # A small external 1.5TB drive that serves as storage. | ||
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Or, buy a Dell Studio Hybrid <br /> | Or, buy a Dell Studio Hybrid <br /> | ||
Or, buy a Logic Supply system <br /> | Or, buy a Logic Supply system <br /> | ||
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== Storage == | == Storage == | ||
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The HDHomeRun is pretty slick in that it will stream video over the network to any PC, and that stream can be tuned by VLC (a free video player). So, simply by installing VLC on my wife's laptop, she can watch TV on her laptop. | The HDHomeRun is pretty slick in that it will stream video over the network to any PC, and that stream can be tuned by VLC (a free video player). So, simply by installing VLC on my wife's laptop, she can watch TV on her laptop. | ||
| − | It's a dual ATSC <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards</ref> / QAM tuner network device. It's about the size of a small hub or VHS cassette, has 2 coax inputs and an ethernet port. You plug it into your antenna and/or cable and then into your home network and you can stream HD to any computer on your network and it even streams perfectly via WiFi. It doesn't have WiFi built in, only Ethernet. Currently on TigerDirect.com, you can get this for $150. Some may call it the open source Slingplayer, and although there are some similarities there is no Slingplayer with a ATSC tuner. | + | It's a dual ATSC <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards</ref> / QAM tuner network device. It's about the size of a small hub or VHS cassette, has 2 <abbr title="coaxial cable">coax</abbr> inputs and an ethernet port. You plug it into your antenna and/or cable and then into your home network and you can stream HD to any computer on your network and it even streams perfectly via WiFi. It doesn't have WiFi built in, only Ethernet. Currently on TigerDirect.com, you can get this for $150. Some may call it the open source Slingplayer, and although there are some similarities there is no Slingplayer with a ATSC tuner. |
Since it has two tuners, I'm going to plug one into my Comcast cable box to receive whatever QAM they make available. The other one I'm going to connect to a home-made HDTV Antenna I was amazed to find out that you can build a HDTV Antenna out of coathangers that works better than the ones you can buy in the store. <ref>http://www.tvantennaplans.com/</ref> | Since it has two tuners, I'm going to plug one into my Comcast cable box to receive whatever QAM they make available. The other one I'm going to connect to a home-made HDTV Antenna I was amazed to find out that you can build a HDTV Antenna out of coathangers that works better than the ones you can buy in the store. <ref>http://www.tvantennaplans.com/</ref> | ||
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== Cost == | == Cost == | ||
| − | While theirs <ref>http://blogs.computerworld.com/one_phat_hi_tech_home_theatre_system</ref> cost $18,000, my setup will only cost | + | While theirs <ref>http://blogs.computerworld.com/one_phat_hi_tech_home_theatre_system</ref> cost $18,000, my setup will only cost $1,000 + $700 for the TV |
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* AOpen MiniPC Duo MP45-DR http://www.logicsupply.com $1,029.00 | * AOpen MiniPC Duo MP45-DR http://www.logicsupply.com $1,029.00 | ||
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! Processor: | ! Processor: | ||
| − | | | + | | Duo Mobile Penryn Socket P P8400 FSB 1066Mhz 2.26GHz |
| − | | | + | | Duo T9300 FSB 800Mhz 6MB cache 2.5GHz |
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! Memory<ref>May not all be accessible. This is a limitation of the current PC architecture and the desktop OS in a 32-bit system. The BIOS in a system with a 32-bit processor and a 32-bit OS might recognize the full 4GB. However, the system will reserve part of that memory for use by system devices and will not allow the OS to access the full amount. In order to access the full 4GB of available memory, the computer needs a 64-bit enabled processor and a 64-bit enabled OS. Currently, our systems can only support a 32-bit processor and a 32-bit OS. | ! Memory<ref>May not all be accessible. This is a limitation of the current PC architecture and the desktop OS in a 32-bit system. The BIOS in a system with a 32-bit processor and a 32-bit OS might recognize the full 4GB. However, the system will reserve part of that memory for use by system devices and will not allow the OS to access the full amount. In order to access the full 4GB of available memory, the computer needs a 64-bit enabled processor and a 64-bit enabled OS. Currently, our systems can only support a 32-bit processor and a 32-bit OS. | ||
| − | If you are using a mainboard with | + | If you are using a mainboard with 945GM chipset (or other similar chipset) with 2 memory slots available for a total of 4GB memory, you will not be able to access the full 4GB of memory unless your system meets the requirements as stated above. However, you will be able to access about 3.25GB of memory, as long as you install the total 4GB. http://www.logicsupply.com/faq?faq1=6&faq2=127</ref>: |
| 2GB Total (2 x DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM 1GB) Up to 4 GB memory size (3.25 GB recognizable) | | 2GB Total (2 x DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM 1GB) Up to 4 GB memory size (3.25 GB recognizable) | ||
| 4GB Shared Dual Channel (2 x DDR2 667MHz SO-DIMM 2GB) | | 4GB Shared Dual Channel (2 x DDR2 667MHz SO-DIMM 2GB) | ||
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! Operating System: | ! Operating System: | ||
| Ubuntu 8.10 Pre-Installed ("Build & Test" Required) | | Ubuntu 8.10 Pre-Installed ("Build & Test" Required) | ||
| − | | Genuine Windows | + | | Genuine Windows Home Premium Service Pack 1 |
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! Display: | ! Display: | ||
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! Video Card: | ! Video Card: | ||
| − | | | + | | Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X4500 |
| − | | | + | | Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 System includes DVI and HDMI ports. VGA is not supported |
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! Optical Drives: | ! Optical Drives: | ||
