[nzlug] Specs for Laptop as Home Theatre

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Roderick Aldridge <rod-a at hnpl.net> wrote:
> Roderick Aldridge wrote:

> 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

You *will* need a pretty powerful laptop to play the 720p and 1080i
DVB-T streams on freeview, even of you can get them decoded under
linux.
>