[nzlug] Specs for Laptop as Home Theatre

[Roderick Aldridge]

Roderick Aldridge wrote:
> Alex Thomson wrote:
>> What I use, and recommend is getting a PS3- for under $800 you get a 
>> blu-ray player, a DVD player that can upscale well, and also a box 
>> capable of playing UPnP streamed media, which means you can have 
>> another linux box you have lying around to serve up all you 
>> photos/mp3s/divx's over wireless.  Work great.  Added bonus- near the 
>> end of the year they are releasing PlayTV which will let you 
>> record/timeshift, etc. Freeview HD using the PS3.
>>
>> There are some friendly gurus here that will be happy to help -> 
>> http://www.freeviewshop.co.nz/forum/index.php
>>
>>
>>
>>
Roderick Aldridge wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. If the $800 includes a console capable of 
> displaying blu-ray and Freeview TV at full resolution that would  take 
> care of that  part of it.
> Rod
>
Unfortunately I find that the PlayStation 3 is an energy sink - 180 
watts even when idling, so that rules it out for my purposes. Looks as 
though I will will have to revert to the laptop-based setup. I will try 
the Freeviewshop link though.

Rod