Hooking up my bedroom TV

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Not really enthusiast, but I want the best way to connect my TV in my bedroom to the media on the main PC in the second bedroom.
Current set up goes.

My bedroom.
  • Target TV - 32" Tosh Regza
  • 4port wireless router - hardwired to PS3 downstairs

PC Bedroom
  • PC hardwired to router in my bedroom
  • Xbox360 shares hardwire to router

So what i need really is something that connects to the router in my bedroom and to the TV that can get me my PC media on the TV.

I was thinking HTPC but I may well be overthinking the problem.

Would a cheap second hand XBox360 Core (HDMI out i think) sort the problem?

Any advice would be appreciated.
 
A cheap 360 would work but you'd be limited to what media you can playback (I.E. MKVs are out of the question). That said if you transcode your media on your pc you could play anything on the xbox that your pc could, but it's a waste of resources.

The popcorn hour is pretty popular and will play anything you could chuck at it, but it'll set you back between £150-£250 depending on what you get and what drive yout put in it. For that sort of money you could make a capable HTPC.


Now all the above is based on you playing back SD and HD content. If you're only interested in SD/ED 480p videos then you're most cost effective solution would be an original xbox running XBMC and a component calbe. That said we can't really discuss how you do that here as it's a legal grey area. As always Google is your friend.
 
z0mbi3 said:
A cheap 360 would work but you'd be limited to what media you can playback (I.E. MKVs are out of the question). That said if you transcode your media on your pc you could play anything on the xbox that your pc could, but it's a waste of resources.
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I transcode anyway to the PS3 downstairs using TVERSITY so could do that.

z0mbi3 said:
The popcorn hour is pretty popular and will play anything you could chuck at it, but it'll set you back between £150-£250 depending on what you get and what drive yout put in it. For that sort of money you could make a presentable HTPC.
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Never heard of 'The popcorn hour'. Googling when I get home from work.

z0mbi3 said:
Now all the above is based on you playing back SD and HD content. If you're only interested in SD/ED 480p videos then you're most cost effective solution would be an original xbox running XBMC and a component calbe. That said we can't really discuss how you do that here as it's a legal grey area. Google is your friend.
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I'll be playing a mixture of SD and HD stuff so I shan't look into little grey area of which you speak.
 
Doing this myself soon & intend to connect tv in main bedroom to pc in the spare room via a 10m HDMI cable and operate media centre via MS remote the receiver of which I will connect via extra long USB cable.
 
Euro_Hunter said:
Doing this myself soon & intend to connect tv in main bedroom to pc in the spare room via a 10m HDMI cable and operate media centre via MS remote the receiver of which I will connect via extra long USB cable.
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USB cables have a 5m limit, you'll need a hub to repeat the signal if you need anything longer than that. You can get active USB extension cables too, but these are just normal cables with a single port hub built onto the end.
 
Nice one mighty. Let me know when you get it set up what you think of it.

How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking?
 
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