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• Re: anyone thinking of getting a htpc?............. kotches 09:12:19 06/22/01 (3)
  In Reply to: anyone thinking of getting a htpc?............. posted by ROB BASE on June 21, 2001 at 15:58:05:

  We have. It doesn't compete with the best standalone players yet.

  Regards,

  
  

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  • they did not test the ati........... rob base 18:49:43 06/22/01 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: anyone thinking of getting a htpc?............. posted by kotches on June 22, 2001 at 09:12:19:

    the ati radeon with the ati software is
    better than a stand alone dvd player
    i have a/b many players and the htpc blows them away
    it is not even close!
    keep in mind that this only is true for the ati video card
    and player (which was not in the dvd shootout)
    (of course if you dont have a 480p display and
    a vga 15 pin input the standalone is the way to go)
    
    

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    • Re: they did not test the ati........... kotches 19:50:27 06/22/01 (1)
      In Reply to: they did not test the ati........... posted by rob base on June 22, 2001 at 18:49:43:

      Rob dude,

      We tested it at our latest benchmark that hasn't been published yet. We hope to have the writeups beginning sometime in July.

      Regards,

      
      
      

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      • cant wait to see the write up.............. rob base 13:14:00 06/25/01 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: they did not test the ati........... posted by kotches on June 22, 2001 at 19:50:27:

        please tell me i can get better dvd playback than htpc
        on a dvd player thats under a grand! (ati card $75 - $200)
        ps thanks for the extensive tests!
        
        

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• Watch out for the Sage Chipset Dan G. 19:15:53 06/21/01 (0)
  In Reply to: anyone thinking of getting a htpc?............. posted by ROB BASE on June 21, 2001 at 15:58:05:

  The Skyworht 1050p (a $300 player from HK) uses the Sage chipset, supposedly better performance than most HTPC's.
  Yes, there are kinks towork out, but the advancement of scaling technology is so quick that I would bet that just like a office PC today is a POS in 18 months, so too is a HTPC scaler compared to what is becoming available in budget level components.

  The big advantage of scaling is with high reosltuion displays, wher the scaler can feed a native XGA signal to the projector or display, rather than just 480p

  dg
  
  

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