Could your next laptop double as an HTPC?

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Harry D @ Aug 16th 2008 7:20PM

@ Mark: You don't need a keyboard. VMC can be controlled fully by a standard Media Center remote. My Toshiba laptop came with an NTSC tuner and the MC remote, and it works well.

So, I'm already using a laptop as HTPC. Works almost great. The laptop has a DVI output instead of HDMI, so the audio has to be connected separately, The worst problem is the video card - being relatively slow, it's the weakest link in the system, so I can only run it at 1080X720 without stuttering. Still, using both the NTSC tuner provided by Toshiba, and an HDHomeRun on the network, the laptop tunes NTSC and HD, can record 3 channels simultaneously (2 of them HD), and displays it all wonderfully.

HDMI is now more or less standard on laptops, so what's needed is a laptop that can do all of this AND use a CableCard (or tru2way) for tuning all the HD stations via the cable company's set top box. i think Centrino2 will also add a lot to this capability.

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