southak
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Hi everyone, and welcome to my first build log. I've been thinking about building an HTPC for a while, but always rejected the idea as my media player had all my A/V requirements covered. However with the (relatively) recent increase in popularity of 1080p streaming, and a significant hike in my internet speeds, my requirements have changed. Apart from anything else my trusty Popcorn Hour A300 has started to play up, all of which means...it's time to upgrade!
My primary aims are to have a living room PC capable of:
My current home cinema set up:
As always any questions or comments are welcome.
Kevin
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My primary aims are to have a living room PC capable of:
- Multi-region playback of Blu-rays and DVDs from the original discs
- Playback of ripped Blu-rays, DVDs and downloaded content from my NAS using KODI as the front-end
- Streaming of online media e.g. YouTube, iPlayer, Netflix, etc
- Playback of all audio either through my home cinema set-up or my wireless headphones
- Being able to play PC (Steam) games at the native resolution (1920 x 1080) of my 50-inch Panasonic plasma with all or most graphics options set to high quality
- Achieve low noise performance
- Achieving a rating of at least 9.0 on the WAF scale (Wife Approval Factor!)
- 4K/Ultra HD. My current TV is the best I've ever had and I don't anticipate upgrading for many years (touch wood it doesn't go *pop* as I post this)
- Streaming TV directly from satellite dish/cable
- The Home Theater PC Build | The Tech Buyer's Guru
- 8 Things I Wish I Knew Before Building My First HTPC
- How to Build a 4K HTPC - Part Two: Case, Power Supply, Motherboard, and Cooling - Epic Tech Review
- I found this Jamesaevanss Gaming HTPC Build Log thread very useful due to the similarity of many of my primary objectives, and I've based the structure of my build log in it - thanks jamesaevans!
My current home cinema set up:
As always any questions or comments are welcome.
Kevin
POST INDEX - COMPONENT SELECTION; FIRST COMPONENTS ARRIVE; MORE COMPONENTS; SHOPPING SPREE & CABLE MANAGEMENT; CABLING TEST AND CPU/COOLER FITTING;
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