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Watching 10 bit anime on flatscreen TV's ***GUIDE***
halfelite:
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--- Quote from: rostheferret on April 10, 2012, 11:58:38 AM ---Method two.
Step One: Plug your computer into your TV.
Step Two: There is no step two.
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I agree with this. I never understand why people go out of there way to convert/change/destroy/rebuild video files into something a very limit piece of hardware could play on a TV screen. Just connect your PC to the TV. If you can't for any reason get a cheap PC and use that instead. Most laptop have HDMI out on it so why not use your laptop if you have one. You save on pain killers in the long run trying to get the right kind of conversion for your video files.
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Because an HTPC could not do everything hardware players could do, bitstreaming HD audio is one of them that up until recently could not be achieved using an HTPC nor could a silent running 24/7 box, while the newer cpu's do run cooler then in the past its still hard to achieve a silent running htpc. And also keep a small form factor, Hardware players now are almost the size of a cellphone, so its easy to strap them to the back of a tv mounted on a wall and hide everything.
Some of us have multiple players multiple tv's and watch more then just anime and have whole families that use them, I removed all my pc's for low wattage ion, and amd-350/450 machines, As they were plenty for my computer needs, As all my hardware players did everything I needed. I would not replace all my players with htpc's yet, Im still waiting to see what the new ARM/mali combo can do, If everything you ever watched was anime with no HD audio I can see the appeal of just using an HTPC or connecting a laptop to a tv, But its not the solution for everyone and multi user type environments.
Not to mention your standard 1080p capable hardware player only costs about 70$-120$ for the no frills one you cant build a htpc for that cost.
vuzedome:
Well 10-bit is now, and I doubt the next video codec standard will be picked up any faster than 10-bit.
And we are talking about now, not the future, now.
So HTPC does it all, 10-bit AVC, Bitstream HD audio, and even gaming and the other stuff a standard PC is capable of doing.
We're now seeing televisions and HD media players having all that social media crap installed in as well, but you need to pay more.
kitamesume:
@halfelite
absolute silence on an HTPC? easy.
[52+75$] G530(or i3-2100T) + Noctua NH-C12P SE14(minus the fan)
[45$] GT520 + fanless option / HD6450 + fanless option
[45$] 2x4GB ram kit (kingston maybe?)
[100$] ITX/M-ATX motherboard+ built-in Wifi (for ease of access, not necessary)
[128$] SSD 120GB
[75$] Pico PSU 80W
[100$] a CASE of choice
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[620$] sum of it all? an absolute silent rig
yaaaa its expensive, but cut the craps its pretty much 300$ish there.
Edit: wait i forgot the ram...
Tiffanys:
--- Quote from: Hebbe on April 14, 2012, 11:42:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 14, 2012, 11:27:51 PM ---Unless your house is concrete like mine, uuhhh imagine drilling through 1 feet of concrete.
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Well there's not only one but atleast two good options for that. :D
1. Invest in a good drill
or
2. get a HTPC
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Renting the drill or borrowing it from someone is cheaper.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on April 15, 2012, 08:50:00 AM ---@halfelite
absolute silence on an HTPC? easy.
[52+75$] G530(or i3-2100T) + Noctua NH-C12P SE14(minus the fan)
[45$] GT520 + fanless option / HD6450 + fanless option
[45$] 2x4GB ram kit (kingston maybe?)
[100$] ITX/M-ATX motherboard+ built-in Wifi (for ease of access, not necessary)
[128$] SSD 120GB
[75$] Pico PSU 80W
[100$] a CASE of choice
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[620$] sum of it all? an absolute silent rig
yaaaa its expensive, but cut the craps its pretty much 300$ish there.
Edit: wait i forgot the ram...
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And you can cut the cost of that down very easily without impacting performance too much, as well. A perfectly good ITX case can go for less than $100 easily, $75 for an 80w PSU is ridiculous (that's how much my 750w PSU cost), and a quiet conventional HDD of similar size to that SSD would be significantly cheaper too. The other components could probably also be replaced with cheaper equivalents too, though I'm not up to date on current prices, so I can't really comment.
Anyway, when I last looked into building an HTPC, nearly a year ago, I was looking at around £250 for good enough set up. Apparently that's around $400.
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