Low cost HTPC

Viral · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:07

I was wondering if anybody else has built themselves a low cost HTPC, I require one but it must be small and quiet. I was thinking of buying a Via Epia mobo as it comes with a CPU.

Viral · 22 Mar 2006 at 21:06

Unfortunately I am in Canada not the UK so no Skybox for me.
As far as the HTPC goes it just has to be small and quiet and capable of playing all my movies and tv shows. Would a Mac Mini be upto the task?

Viral · 23 Mar 2006 at 00:36

Well to be honest the tv here is pretty bad too many adverts. I plan on just using the HTPC as a glorified DVD player so I will probably not need a TV tuner. Are all the other outputs on the mac mini ok for HTPC use?

Viral · 27 Mar 2006 at 18:07

How about using an Xbox 360 as a media centre?

Viral · 29 Mar 2006 at 20:06

So my best bet is to just buy a Via epia mobo and then build myself a small rig with that then i guess.

Viral · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:00

Excellent news about the via boards mate. What os were you running on them?

Viral · 31 Mar 2006 at 02:42

So is setting up and running Slackware nice and easy then? Will it play Divx and Xvid files?

Viral · 31 Mar 2006 at 21:08

I have never played with Linux before mate so I best go with the easier option

Viral · 7 Apr 2006 at 18:03

Thanks for all your help I will check out Ubuntu and possibly d/l it and install it to see how it works.