help...need advice re htpc vs hdd
i would like to play dled files on my plasma. my options would seem to be a mediagate 350 hdd player and an htpc.
could the gurus recommend an htpc setup for less than 10k. i just need it for playing pc files of tv programs. if it can do wifi that would also be nice. small form factor would be ideal.
thanks!
i have a mediagate 350HD with a 320gb IDE hard disc attached to my TV. I even brought this to Cebu to catch up on my viewing since there are a lot of free time between meetings. Beats bringing my laptop for the same thing PLUS lots of storage, ang dami ko pinagpipilian.
since mediagate 35oHD accepts wifi signals, i have also watched a downloaded file stored in my pc direct to the TV attached to the mediagate. In other forums, they say that you actually do not need a hard disc installed watch files networked to the mediagate. though, i had problems with it before (I haven't tried it again - i'll try to experiment some time).
So with mediagate networked wifi with your pc, solve ka na. To be safe install a cheap IDE hard disc, kahit yung maliit lang. Actually, when i first bought the unit, i hesitated to buy a HD. I wanted to wait for the price of the big drives to go down since you can only physically put 1 HD inside, so i used my external 2.5" 80gb hard disc i use for mobile storage. i just bought a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter form one of the tpc sellers.