I have OpenELEC/XBMC running on a laptop on an USB drive. I need a remote to go with it and was looking at either FLIRC or MeleF10 as remotes.
1. I'd like feedback/opinions on one vs. the other; Alternative sugegestions are also welcome. Both cost around $ 28 shipped...
Here are a couple of other options for you, between $ 30-$70.
Buy a chromecast - Saw a deal for $25 (for students) today. You can stream web based content from the chrome browser and certain apps from the pc to your TV. I don't have this. Please read about this device on Amazon and other...
Based on the specs, it has a dual core M300 processor with an ATI Radeon 4100 graphics engine. Should be good enough for TV watching.
Return the cables you just bought. Find or buy a VGA-VGA connector. These are the cables used to connect a PC/Laptop to a regular monitor and you should have...
What laptop do you have? Does it have a docking station? Typically the docking station has more options (e.g. a DVI port) to connect to. If you have a DVI port, you could buy a DVI-HDMI adapter for the video. Get an audio to 2-audio adapter for sound and connect that to the TV and you should...
Look at the Intel NUCs. There are several models from $130. You'll need to add RAM and SATA/mSATA. If you want a larger, regular machine, check out the Lenovo outlet. They have some good deals come and go all the time..
I'm not much different :-). However, my fan seems to be kicking in even with very light activity so I want to make sure XBMC works without involving the hard drive and go from there. I did test Netflix (connected the PC to a 50" plasma via VGA) and got really great video. After about 10...
nforce2 and drigible - Thanks for your suggestions! I'll try out openelec/xbmc first. If there are playback issues, I'll try out the decoder card. The laptop does have a PC Card/Expresscard slot. I'm assuming it's the same as the mini-pcie slot you are referring to.
Before I install...
It has 2.00 GHZ Intel core2 Duo processor with 64KB primary memory cache and 2GB secondary cache.
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M [Display adapter]
On NVIDIA.com it says that this adapter can support HDMI and mad digital display of 1600*1200 and max analog display of 2048*1536.
Not sure what all...
I have an old D630 available that I'm about to recycle. I'm also in the process of building out a home server + htpc solutions. While I take my time deciding that, I'd like to use the D630 as an HTPC. Any thoughts? It already has Windows 7 installed but I could easily remove the hdd and...
The Microcenter site has a couple of bad reviews on the MSI board - Apparently the ones being sold at MC are not compatible with Richland A6, 8 and 10 processors. I'm in the same boat trying to pick the parts for an HTPC build. Very difficult to find SATA3, USB3 and HDMI on a cheap board. I'm...
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