HTPC build

Buchanan0204 · 15 Aug 2011 at 00:43

Ever considered ripping your blurays? Makes life a whole lot easier!

HDMI 1.4 is only needed for 3d material.

marc69 · 15 Aug 2011 at 01:02

Buchanan0204 said:
Ever considered ripping your blurays? Makes life a whole lot easier!

HDMI 1.4 is only needed for 3d material.

I'd never had a bluray drive before so I probably will now

Buchanan0204 · 15 Aug 2011 at 02:14

marc69 said:
I'd never had a bluray drive before so I probably will now

Why not going for a cheap £200 all in one trendy thing then and take a lot of hassle out of building something just for blurays?

edGfaCTor · 15 Aug 2011 at 02:43

Buchanan0204 said:
Why not going for a cheap £200 all in one trendy thing then and take a lot of hassle out of building something just for blurays?

Because revo are a load of ***p so much messing about with them and ion is terrible but I do agree with your post above about avoiding that case he was looking at it's awful.

Buchanan0204 · 15 Aug 2011 at 15:22

edGfaCTor said:
Because revo are a load of ***p so much messing about with them and ion is terrible but I do agree with your post above about avoiding that case he was looking at it's awful.

It really isn't terrible at all. I must admit. I'm not a lover of the brand Acer, however the revo is different class for what it is matched with it's price.

It plays 1080p flawlessly via XBMC. It can stream BBCI HD with no hassle at all. HDMI and optical out to connect to your amp. It's hard to beat for £200.

Maybe you have just had a bad experience with not being to able to set it up correctly?

marc69 · 24 Aug 2011 at 20:08

I think you guys were right about that case being dire, jesus, it's awful.

The button fell off, the plastic sticks that hold the front on have snapped off and it doesn't line up.

I know it was a cheap case but that's just shocking workman ship. I'm surprised OCUK even put their name on it to be honest.

*looks for another case*