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Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on June 12, 2006, 11:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options as possible, my DVD collection. One is an 85" projection screen in my bedroom, one is a 35" LCD in the living room, then there are TVs in the office and guest room, and a media center machine in the kitchen cabinet. Curently, I'm leaning towards ripping the collection to my Windows Media Center machine, and then using a media center extender in the other areas to access those files. They will need to be ripped as wither WMA or MPG, though, and I am worried about aspect rations, video quality, and surround sound. And HDD space, but that's less of a concern. The other problem is that I am a little hesitant to spend money on something with Bluray on its way... but with a starting price of $1,000 for a bluray player, I will probably delay such an upgrade for a year at least. It'd sure be nice to be able to feed HD to my various HD displays. The other option would be a 500 disc DVD changer and a component video DA, and IR distro in the house - which is planned anyway. Are any of you doing component video distro? Anyone have any experience with the video quality of the media center extenders? I'd appreciate any equipment recomendations or just general theoretical advice. Thanks. :) :Lee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by IVB on June 14, 2006, 12:00 am
Please log in for more thread options Extenders can only do SDTV, not HDTV. This means that they're only good for regular old analog TVs. If I were you, I'd use 1 PC to render the video for the 85", another for the 35" LCD, and use the cheap extenders for the analog TVs in your house. -- ----------------------------------------------------- Note: I am a mere end-user with no financial stake in any products that I may discuss. My Personal Website w/my Home Automation PC: http://www.myhomeautomationpc.com, last updated 4/11 My Home Automation Blog: http://homeautomation.wordpress.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on June 14, 2006, 1:49 am
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>I do that.
Do you store DVDs on HDD? What format are you using? > Extenders can only do SDTV, not HDTV. This means that they're only good
> for regular old analog TVs. That's too bad. DLink has a HD network media player for around the same price as a media center extender. I'd go that route, but I rather like the idea of having access to my MCE playlists, plugins, etc. > If I were you, I'd use 1 PC to render the video for the 85", another for
> the 35" LCD, and use the cheap extenders for the analog TVs in your house. You said it yourself on your website: Low cost! I'd rather find a $250 solution than be building more MCE machines. That would put me up to 3 MCE PCs - kitchen touchscreen, living room, bedroom. DLink should take their HD media player hardware and get with the MCE program. > My Home Automation Blog: http://homeautomation.wordpress.com/
>>I have two viewing areas from which I would like to view, in as best
>>quality as possible, my DVD collection. One is an 85" projection screen in >>my bedroom, one is a 35" LCD in the living room, then there are TVs in the >>office and guest room, and a media center machine in the kitchen cabinet. >> >> Curently, I'm leaning towards ripping the collection to my Windows Media >> Center machine, and then using a media center extender in the other areas >> to access those files. They will need to be ripped as wither WMA or MPG, >> though, and I am worried about aspect rations, video quality, and >> surround sound. And HDD space, but that's less of a concern. >> >> The other problem is that I am a little hesitant to spend money on >> something with Bluray on its way... but with a starting price of $1,000 >> for a bluray player, I will probably delay such an upgrade for a year at >> least. It'd sure be nice to be able to feed HD to my various HD displays. >> >> The other option would be a 500 disc DVD changer and a component video >> DA, and IR distro in the house - which is planned anyway. >> >> Are any of you doing component video distro? Anyone have any experience >> with the video quality of the media center extenders? I'd appreciate any >> equipment recomendations or just general theoretical advice. >> >> Thanks. :) >> >> :Lee >> >
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Posted by E. Lee Dickinson on June 14, 2006, 1:54 am
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>I do that.
> > Extenders can only do SDTV, not HDTV. This means that they're only good > for regular old analog TVs. Fact of the matter is, until bluray comes out, I don't have any HD content aside from over the air broadcasts. I don't mind watching TV in SD. I just want those sharp movies! I think I'm going to go with MCE extenders for now, and see what products come on the market for HD in the coming years of high definition discs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by IVB on June 14, 2006, 3:00 am
Please log in for more thread options > Do you store DVDs on HDD? What format are you using?
I rip my DVDs to IFO/VOB format. >> Extenders can only do SDTV, not HDTV. This means that they're only good
>> for regular old analog TVs. >
> Fact of the matter is, until bluray comes out, I don't have any HD content > aside from over the air broadcasts. I don't mind watching TV in SD. I just > want those sharp movies! > > I think I'm going to go with MCE extenders for now, and see what products > come on the market for HD in the coming years of high definition discs. As long as you connect via s-video or composite, which is what I *think* all those extenders can do, it won't look that much sharper than regular TV. There's only so much you can do with that type of connection. >You said it yourself on your website: Low cost! I'd rather find a $250
>solution than be building more MCE machines. That would put me up to 3 MCE >PCs - kitchen touchscreen, living room, bedroom. Who said anything about MCE? Go get a $300 dell, heck an older one used off craigslist would probably do the trick. Slap xLobby on there and you're good to go, complete with an infinitely better PQ for your LCD tv. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>quality as possible, my DVD collection. One is an 85" projection screen in
>my bedroom, one is a 35" LCD in the living room, then there are TVs in the
>office and guest room, and a media center machine in the kitchen cabinet.
>
> Curently, I'm leaning towards ripping the collection to my Windows Media
> Center machine, and then using a media center extender in the other areas
> to access those files. They will need to be ripped as wither WMA or MPG,
> though, and I am worried about aspect rations, video quality, and surround
> sound. And HDD space, but that's less of a concern.
>
> The other problem is that I am a little hesitant to spend money on
> something with Bluray on its way... but with a starting price of $1,000
> for a bluray player, I will probably delay such an upgrade for a year at
> least. It'd sure be nice to be able to feed HD to my various HD displays.
>
> The other option would be a 500 disc DVD changer and a component video DA,
> and IR distro in the house - which is planned anyway.
>
> Are any of you doing component video distro? Anyone have any experience
> with the video quality of the media center extenders? I'd appreciate any
> equipment recomendations or just general theoretical advice.
>
> Thanks. :)
>
> :Lee
>