bit-tech News: Home Theatre PC Buyer's Guide - Q1 2009

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Hi all,

 

We have just published our inaugural *Home Theatre PC Buyer's Guide*. If

you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/pcs/2009/02/04/q1-2009-htpc-buyers-guide/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/02/q1-2009-htpc-buyers-guide/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/We've been interested in HTPCs for certainly the last few years and

have been covering integrated graphics motherboards with the emphasis of

using them in these scenarios for the last year, testing important

factors like power consumption, HD capability and video quality.

 

We aim to run this buyer's guide quarterly to cover everything from the

smallest mini-ITX builds, to the most awesome full HD capable gaming

behemoths. While we will still aim for the best value for money, all the

builds must be able to handle 1080p full-HD playback with possible

Blu-ray support and there is a deliberate balance between efficiency,

noise and performance - basically being "just capable" to do what is

required, while having the best feature-set to do it with.

 

We respect everyone's needs are different and we are deliberately

leaving space where possible to include a TV card (which are sometimes

region or software specific) or more/less internal storage should it be

a media hub, or simply a front end where media is stored elsewhere, like

a NAS box./

*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net