[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:51:15 In Reply to: Re: OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo, Spiros Trianta, Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:12:53 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

This was my solution, coincidentially using a Pundit (of the non-R variety). With a DVD+R, a P4 2.4, and 256m of RAM, it does everything it needs to. I've added a WinTV PVR and a Linksys PCI wireless adapter. It's amazingly flexible. Right now it runs Win2k with LiteStep, but I'm thinking about trying MythTV to simplify the interface. I use a StreamZap remote to control it, with a Bluetooth wireless mouse and keyboard for backup.

The system streams media from my server (a P4 2.8GHz with lots of storage)... I've even gone so far as to xvid-encode my entire DVD library so *everything* is on-demand. Yeah, I don't have the special features or commentaries, but for sitting and watching a movie it's clean solution. If I decide I want the actual DVD, the Pundit plays it, and has the added bonus of not being restricted to TV resolutions - even regular DVDs at full res are amazing, something you don't see with off-the-shelf DVD players. I do wish my TV had a DVI input, but alas, it doesn't, and it's just not old enough to replace...

FWIW, the Pundit is a fantastic machine - I use a Seagate 80g Barracuda IV which is silent, and combined with the system's smart fans, you can't hear it at all. I actually bought one for my desktop at work - it's nice not hearing the drone of a PC all the time! The ultra-bright blue LEDs are a little annoying in a dark room, I suppose, but not enough for me to not recommend the box as a whole.

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• OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo, 9-3/9-5Smitty, Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:06:00
  • Re: OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo, Spiros Trianta, Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:12:53
    • Re: OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo, Justin VanAbrahams , Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:51:15 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Re: OT: Wireless music PC to Home Stereo, Spiros Trianta, Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:20:40
  • Remember the neighborhood SPG?....., Mike Lynch , Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:01:18
  • I'm in the midst of doing this too...., cryptical, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:46:54
    • I second the Airport Express-, martin voshell, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:38:55
      • Re: I second the Airport Express-, cryptical, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:56:17
        • Roku unit ..., Trev, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:53:22
          • Re: Roku unit ..., cryptical, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:14:43
        • wonderful piece of design, martin voshell, Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:05:44

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