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I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH BETTER THE PICTURE IS
WITH A HTPC.
maybe because the computer is a vga output, maybe because
the ati RADEON CARD has very good color decoders or
because it has 64 megs of ram?
i dont know but it is unreal what a improvement i got over
a dvd player (i had pioneer and panasonic)
dont let people tell you it is a big hassle,
IT IS WELL WORTH IT!
P.S. YOU DONT NEED A WIDE SCREEN TV TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE,
YOU CAN SEE IT PLAIN AS DAY ON A 32" IF IT HAS VGA INPUTS!
Follow Ups:
Have you try it on a Sony WF900 24" 16:10 wide flat screen Trinitron monitor? Stunning!
***dont let people tell you it is a big hassle***Why not? It is a hassle. Who wants a computer in their video room? Computers crash and who wants to mess with bootup and the Windows operating system. The vast majority of folks would rather just push a button and use a remote control. Also, there aren't any $300 HTPCs.
1)much better picture, people are getting rid of $10,000 line doublers
to replace with htpc's....
2)much better sound
3)easy software upgrade
4)easy hardware upgrade
5)can integrate tv, dvd, and internet and video games
6)more noise, but not bad at all when tv is going
7)remote keyboard and mouse make it a snap!
8)will not crash if you keep computers start up programs
to a min and use windows ME
9)THINGS WILL ONLY GET BETTER WHEN WINDOWS XP COMES OUT!
10)everyone in the know is going this way, only novice will
steer you away, dont listen to them!
***everyone in the know is going this way, only novice will
steer you away, dont listen to them!***No they're not. HTPC has too many drawbacks and is too expensive for 99% of folks.
Well, Rich, you know, I think those DVD disks in general are too expensive, and the players too complicated compared with a VCR. The only thing going for DVD players is you don't have to program the time to keep them from blinking 12:00 at you all the time.Besides, recording is too complicated anyway on VCR's,- oops, I guess that's a reason for DVD players.
Let's face it, only people with too much money and time on their hands will bother with large screen or projection TV's, and who cares if HTPC's are cheaper than line doublers- no one needs to be watching progressive scan DVD anyway. If interlaced was good enough for our parents, it should be good enough for you, too.
So get rid of that Color TV, it's also too complicated, too many things to adjust- color, hue, saturation- what do those things mean, anyway? Let's just get a good, simple, reliable black and white TV, something a reasonable size, like 19", with a built in mono speaker (stereo is just an overpriced gimmick, and unnatural) and stick with the fundamentals.
Besides, you're right, who needs a $300 computer anyway- you can pound out letters and memos all day with a typewriter that's much cheaper, and easier to setup and use. No boot disk, no hard drive to crash, and if it's a manual, doesn't even need electricity.
The world is just too complicated for normal people, it's time to simplify and get back to the fundamentals. We have to draw the line somewhere.
-Jon
Who let Jacob-the-Amish-guy on this forum?:-)
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