all this trouble with stand alones

[turbo92]

i am thinking of just building a mini computer in a small desktop case with a good video card with tv out

not a whole lot more in price than a good dvd player and this could play all formats as well as be an awesome MP3 jukebox.

$100 cpu/motherboard
$ 20 memory
$ 80 20 gb HD
$110 geforce 2 w tv out
$ 25 better soundcard
$ 30 desktop case
$ 40 wireless mouse/keyboard
$ 65 DVD player

$470 without burner

add a burner for $70

i think i am going to go this route.. add a nic and have cable modem on tv

[SatStorm]

I am ready to do exactly the same, with parts from older PCs...
I shall control it with a wireless keyboard, and I will connect it to my TV, no monitor.
For TV card, I 'll use a kyro-2 based card, which ain't nvidia GF3, but for my needs is perfect
I shall use that pc as a multimedia terminal:
mp3 player
Game console for emulators (mame, raine, genesis, ZX spectrum, even PSX is possible nowdays...)
mpeg 2 player
Satellite stream grabber
And maybe, encoder (if I put an athlon inside)


But DVD standalones and pc's ain't the same...
Totally different things...

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of going down this road as well. A player that does it all. Well, for all of you who are thinking of building one of these (Or already have on...) have a look here :

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Software/3691/DivxOS/

Greetz,

pSyChO dAd

[turbo92]

i did however forget component video support, progressive scan video, and digital audio outputs... all of these would be needed to have a complete player.

ooooops


----fred garza