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Watching 10 bit anime on flatscreen TV's ***GUIDE***
NaRu:
Also you make the HTPC very small as well. You can just use a 2.5" HDD and use the network instead. Plus you can software like My movies and host your anime through that program and use Windows Media Center to view the shows you have.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 15, 2012, 08:45:55 AM ---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.
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10bit is not now Its an anime only type thing and will most likely stay that way. H264 was adapted in hardware players way before anime started using h264 they were still messing with avi/OGM, if H265 is the next standard hardware players would support it the second it came out with full standards same way they did h264.
--- 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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620 x 5 is a big sum of money if I would replace everything, I have nothing against HTPC's I used to run them in the past But between then and Now hardware players were always better and cheaper, I have no need to play games all my family does is watch Media with them and they work. With the advancement of openelec htpc is becoming a better option, But before it was a pain to setup remotes, get all the audio settings right, And you used to have to use multiple players inside the htpc software to run certain videos, And by small form factor I mean 2.5" side drive small is about the size of some hardware players these days, not to mention they use very little wattage hence im more interested in the arm/mali combo as they are very little wattage and the size of a usb stick then running a full fledged intel soltuion. I have nothing against Anime going 10bit it seemed silly for the switch but encoders choose to do what they want to do if I have to bring ti back to 8bit to watch it im happy as my anime watching is maybe 10% of my total viewing of media now.
And total silence is almost a must, if you run them 24/7 and keep them in bedrooms, Yes some people can sleep with a fan noise others can not, Its all personal preference on what you like and what works for your setups,
Duki3003 edit: Don't double post.
Kam:
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 15, 2012, 10:20:23 PM ---10bit is not now Its an anime only type thing and will most likely stay that way.
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That's not true. 10-bit encodes can be found for Western live-action shows and movies, too. I just downloaded a 1080p 10-bit Blu-ray encode of Game of Thrones season one.
vuzedome:
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 15, 2012, 10:20:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 15, 2012, 08:45:55 AM ---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.
--- End quote ---
10bit is not now Its an anime only type thing and will most likely stay that way. H264 was adapted in hardware players way before anime started using h264 they were still messing with avi/OGM, if H265 is the next standard hardware players would support it the second it came out with full standards same way they did h264.
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H264 in hardware players before anime? Man you have to be kidding me, the commercial hardware players before couldn't do a shit about H264 back then. Even if that's true, we're in a Anime forum discussing 10-bit anime playback. Of course when you have a machine capable of 10-bit running smoothly then all the other videos won't really have much of a problem.
And why are you having your little box of wonders sitting in your bedroom? It's suppose to be near your tele. Oh you got everything in your room huh? Well hook that damn PC up already.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on April 15, 2012, 11:28:47 PM ---
H264 in hardware players before anime? Man you have to be kidding me, the commercial hardware players before couldn't do a shit about H264 back then. Even if that's true, we're in a Anime forum discussing 10-bit anime playback. Of course when you have a machine capable of 10-bit running smoothly then all the other videos won't really have much of a problem.
And why are you having your little box of wonders sitting in your bedroom? It's suppose to be near your tele. Oh you got everything in your room huh? Well hook that damn PC up already.
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first commercial h264 players hit the market 2006, first chip to come out was 2005, think back to 2005 there were a few h264 anime releases but most were still all using xvid/avi.
I have a tv in the bedroom, As well as in the family room, as well as the two other bedrooms and the office, People have more then one tv. I think a lot of you only have a single tv, And dont think about a whole house setup. Like I said nothing wrong with using a PC but for my setup it just doesnt work. I have 5 players, all accessing an NFS share and sharing a same database of watched/content filters and so on, With built in child modes for when the kids want to watch something, only shows kids content.
its not money wise for me to build 5 htpcs with the current hardware there is, nor is it feasible to ask the wife and kids to lug the laptop to whatever room they want to watch something in and hook it up everytime. My newest player for my hidden setup is
Power-on consumption < (W):4.0
L (cm): 8.5
W (cm): 5.2
H (cm): 1.6
If you could build me an htpc with the same specs I would be all over it. the only thing close right now is the cottoncandy fxi and the cubox
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