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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: Computer just for P2P TV...how cheap can I go? |
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| I need to buy a PC just for P2P TV. I don't care about anything else except for a video card with composite or component out. I don't even need a monitor. Any ideas on where I can get one and how much I should pay? |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I think you can get into a computer for 250,000 or so with monitor. It wouldn't be worth it to go any cheaper than that to get a Pentium III, for example. I think you should aim to get at least a 2Ghz machine, and preferrably a 2.4Ghz of some kind.
Oddly, your system may depend more on a graphics card than anything else. |
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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks! Is there any particular model or place to go to get it? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| boatofcar wrote: |
| Thanks! Is there any particular model or place to go to get it? |
Yongsan - across the tracks from the subway station, look for the big Gigabyte sign.
You should be able to get a [email protected] for about 200k with a decent video card (Nvida GT7600 for example).
Pentium D (dual core) for about 250k.
Used for even less - 120 & 200k (system sans monitor). |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| boatofcar wrote: |
| Thanks! Is there any particular model or place to go to get it? |
Yongsan - across the tracks from the subway station, look for the big Gigabyte sign.
You should be able to get a [email protected] for about 200k with a decent video card (Nvida GT7600 for example).
Pentium D (dual core) for about 250k.
Used for even less - 120 & 200k (system sans monitor). |
If it's the same building, it's now a big NVidia sign. |
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xenok
Joined: 03 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| you can get external hard drives that also have the additional feature of video out. you might want to look into that. it's just an external hard drive with some additional hardware that adds video playback functionality (including divx movies). |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| xenok wrote: |
| you can get external hard drives that also have the additional feature of video out. you might want to look into that. it's just an external hard drive with some additional hardware that adds video playback functionality (including divx movies). |
Problem is, unless I'm mistaken, is that he needs the computer to actually download the movies/TV shows. If he doesn't, or the HD you're talking about does this, it would be a good solution.
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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
| xenok wrote: |
| you can get external hard drives that also have the additional feature of video out. you might want to look into that. it's just an external hard drive with some additional hardware that adds video playback functionality (including divx movies). |
Problem is, unless I'm mistaken, is that he needs the computer to actually download the movies/TV shows. If he doesn't, or the HD you're talking about does this, it would be a good solution.
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Yeah. Being a Mac person, I need a PC to handle the P2P TV apps that are out there. I just need a tower with XP and S-video, composite, or (do they even make this?) component out. Since I've never used P2P TV before, I'm just looking for tips on the kind of specs I need in the machine.
Thanks for all the replies everybody  |
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