> On 17 January 2011 10:50, Arthur Dent <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My question: >> How do the good folks here watch HD content to best effect? Is there >> something simple I can do, or do I need to invest (my limited funds) in >> new technology? >> > > As I wanted both a player capable of playing HD media and a Blu-Ray > player I went with a slightly more expensive option and built myself a > 2nd PC which is a dedicated HTPC connected to my TV via HDMI and my > home theatre amp via optical audio for full surround sound. > > I researched it a lot (about 2 years ago) and settled on a motherboard > which had a Radeon HD3200 graphics chipset which can easily deal with > anything I throw at it. > > It runs Windows 7 Media Center plus PowerDVD for the Blu-Rays > > The system works amazingly well and I've not found anything it can't play > yet. > > And if some new format comes out at any time in the future I'll be > able to update it with ease. > > Lots of info here: > > http://www.missingremote.com/ > > http://www.thehtpc.net/ >
Thank to to everyone (on and off list) for their suggestions. Some are a little esoteric or a little advanced for me, but certainly food for thought. I was kind of hoping for an easy "set this option and it will play automatically on your player" type of advice, but that was just wishful thinking. One option that I do have (although it is cumbersome because it involves rumaging around the back of the set and swapping cables) is to use my laptop. My work laptop is a Dell Inspiron (running Widows 7 unfortunately) but it has an HDMI port. Connecting it to the TV I can play digital content using the VLC player installed on it. The quality doesn't exactly blow my socks off. Is this true HD? Thanks again.... Mark _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
