[access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
- From: "Stephen Green" <STEPHEN.TINA@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:58:00 +0100
Hi Ray
can I say that I have also bought a PC for the living room just like Steve
Nutt's configuration. it is a micro ATX system specially designed for quiet
use. it is about 30x30x45 cms and as a bare bones system with motherboard
case and processor cost £200. obviously you still need to add hard drive
DVD recorder of choice and nebula freeview system for it to work.
I have added a cordless keyboard and mouse and it connects to the TV via a
component video output directly from the motherboard. however, the most
amazing thing is how quiet it is. I have it about 4 feet from my ear and the
fan noise is almost absent. it only has a 180 watt power supply with one
free PCI slot so it probably wouldn't do as your main system, but I also
have a PC in my study on which I have all my music ripped as MP3's, so my
wife and I can hear whatever we like through the hi-fi in the living room
using a wi-fi connection.
one word of caution though, nebula recordings with audio description can't
be burned to DVD yet, but the company are working on it.
regards
Steve Green
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:39 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
Hi Ray,
We have a PC in the living room, and it is our complete Media Centre. We
play DVDS, CDS, MP3, and most other kinds of media on it. It saves having a
separate DVD player, CD player, Video Recorder, etc. Because of Nebula, we
can record accessibly, as you can with this stand-alone Media Centre, but we
do get pictures. This means I can burn DVDs for my sister and parents, if I
want to. Finally, it is networked wirelessly to our PCs upstairs, so I have
about 300gb of storage available to it, which means I can store my complete
CD collection in one place.
Now that you can buy quiet PCs, or even a laptop, which I use in the living
room, a PC doesn't have to stick out like a sore thumb, where furniture is
concerned. I personally think a PC is the best Media Centre there is, even
if you don't have the Media Centre version of Windows.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ray Hazan
Sent: 15 May 2006 19:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
Graham,
But who wants or has a PC in the living room?
Mine is up here in a converted bedroom and I would prefer to sit with my
wide downstairs!
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
> yes, that price is absolutely unjustifiable given the amount of
> information
> available on the internet. I can't see who would possibly want to pay
> this
> apart maybe from someone who has recently lost their site who is quite
> well
> off. You could get a very well specified desktop computer for this price.
>
> It may be appropriate for organisations such as schools local societies
> for
> the blind or libraries so people can look up television related
> information.
> A lot for one person to justify though.
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:40 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
>
>
> Not quite everyone has kept quiet. On this page at the Audio Description
> Newsletter the price is said to be £850. I'll have to sell my second yacht
> yet again!
>
> this is the link
>
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_A
Dnewsletter2005.hcsp
>
> Vince.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandra Henshall" <oceania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:22 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
>
>
>> Hi
>> For some reason, everyone seems to be keeping very quiet about the price
>> of this hing. It's almost the first link on the Portset website but here
>> again, no mention of price. Maybe we'll find out at Sight Village this
>> year?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sandra.
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