http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/ Engadget HD Comments for Go ahead: you spec out an HD WMCE http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/
How would you spec that at the lowest price possible?]]>Feb 21st 2006 3:54PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/
CPU Celeron D 310 $56
MB PC CHIPS P25G $40
Memory 2 x 512 GSkill $70
HD Western Digital Caviar 250MB $94
Video XGI V3XT 128MB $44
HD KWORDL ASTC 110 $73
Case Chenming MATX-118 300W PS $76
OS MS MCE $115
KBD MS MC ZV1 $80
Remote MS A90 $40
DVD-R Liteon SOHN 5236 $29

Total $717 (plus shipping)

I assume that you use the hack so you don't need an analog capture card (useless to me). I'd also have to do something about hooking it to the Internet (probably can't do ethernet from my TV's location).

This is totally skimping. The Celeron and motherboard aren't the latest LGA connector and don't have PCIe slots. There is no upgrade path for this choice beyond throwing them out and getting a new motherboard/ cpu combo.

Using better components causes the price to escallate quite quickly. Most Pentiums and AMD chips are well over $100.
]]>Feb 21st 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/pcsetup If you want to watch TV (which it sounds like you don't), you would need a WMCE machine. Let me know if I'm offbase with your question. Thanks!]]>Feb 21st 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Feb 21st 2006 4:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Thanks for the reply. I am aware that I can stream pictures and music using Windows XP SP2. I would just like to stream video as well.
The video I want to stream to the 360 isn't live or recorded TV. It's primarily video content that I either ripped from DVDs, or downloaded from the Internet (legally, of course).
I believe that I need Windows XP MCE to do this, but since I won't be using any other media-type features, I figure that I don't need a top of the line machine to do this.]]>Feb 21st 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Feb 21st 2006 4:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Fusionhdtv gold plus card comes with remote and is half height ($163 shipped)
Seagate 250 gig hd (~$100)
Turtle beach micro soundcard (~$30 trust me this works with the digital output VERY well. I was impressed)
buy a halfheight pci mx 4000 (~$50)
use a free alternative for hd (got all media, fusionHDTV, mediaportal, mythtv, gbpvr...)

total cost $743
this still leaves you with 2 open pci slots for 2 extra tuners (analog or digital)

This is similar to my setup now but I got a D510 (which is not fast enough for the HD) but I only paid $62 for the computer.]]>Feb 21st 2006 4:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Feb 21st 2006 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/Feb 21st 2006 5:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/One gig of ram
an ATI HDTV wonder card
An OEM Analog TV tuner card
A lightscribe HP dvd burner
a second DVD drive
and an oem 5.1 sound card.
I have a USB HDTV tuner on order now
as well as an All in wonder X1800 by ATI
Seems to run great and I like WMCE better than the controls that ship with ATI's stuff.
Grand total is around 1300 dollars]]>Feb 22nd 2006 7:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/
I have a Hauppauge MCE-150 and I'm not entirely happy with the recording quality. It might be because I'm blowing the video up like crazy on my Dell 2405 FPW at 1920x1200, but I just imagine I could have better.]]>Feb 22nd 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/21/go-ahead-you-spec-out-an-hd-wmce/
Ya gotta use Linux, right? Knocks $115 bucks off right there.]]>Feb 22nd 2006 4:59PM