Posted by DH on 03/10/07 21:16

RCE Defiant wrote:
> "DH" <nowhere@anywhere.com> wrote in message
> news:N8zIh.97997$1E3.38182@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> RCE Defiant wrote:
>>> I'm getting more and more bored of touching my DVD's and putting them
>>> in the DVD player, or maybe it's just lazy, whatever. Anyone know of
>>> any workable solutions that would allow me to rip all my disc, DVD,
>>> CD, HD DVD and Blu-ray to some sort of device and then plumb that
>>> into my Plasma and then live the dream of not having to do much to
>>> watch/listen to all my stuff?
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>> I just built myself a cheap but perfectly serviceable HTPC Peter, info
>> here :
>> http://www.g8ina.enta.net/htpc/htpc.htm
>>
>> If you started from scratch, you'd need to add HDD & DVD drive, but
>> this is about as shoestring as I could make it.
>> --
>> Cheers
>> David Harris
>
> Thanks for the replies, anyone know if you can get HDMI out on PC's at
> reasonable cost yet?
>
> --
> RCE Defiant


DVI to HDMI converter, a few quid.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150100580656

I tried to find a mobo with onboard gfx and DVI out, but failed, so bought the
cheapest mobo and half decent gfx card I could find. Plays everything I've
ever thrown at it except a 1080p Kingdom Of Heaven, which may have been duff
anyway.

--
Cheers
David Harris
http://www.g8ina.enta.net
http://www.harrisphotography.co.uk
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