Media PC

[laura_seabrook]

Have been talking to Kevin about putting together a media pc for me. Looks like I get one made for just under $600. It would:

• receive record digital TV (especially with FreeView coming in next year);
• play DVD/CD/MP3 media;
• be connectible to the local network (and thereby the net), which means
• I could record stuff on it and watch/copy/play it on my

Comments

[faffinoodle]

Sounds good! Is it a Dell?

[laura_seabrook]

no no no - hand picked components, so it's a bit of everything

[faffinoodle]

That's cool :) I just wondered because they let you customize your own.
I have a Dell, and love it. Ben has one he built and he's looking to build another!

[cmcmck]

The only trouble we've found with freeview in the UK is that you go from five channels of crap to eighty five channels of crap in one swell foop! :o)

[laura_seabrook]

he he he - well that's why a media centre will be better than just a set top box. I can always watch youtube instead!