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So one of my goals when I finished grad school was to design a kicin' home theater setup complete with an HTPC. I'm hoping some folks can help make some good decisions before spending a lot of money. I already have a A/V receiver and speakers and I'm planning on getting a 65" rear projection HDTV for max picture for the $$. A will also either have Insight cable or satellite TV.
I pretty much plan on getting a Mac Mini as my HTPC with EyeTV to use to watch my cable/satellite TV with DVR capability, possibly Netflix/iTunes video rentals, and share my iTunes and ripped DVD library over a network connection with my computer at my desk. (Bootcamp for Netflix until they get Mac capability) I'm wondering if Windows with MCE would be a better choice.
- What do you think is the best for HTPC?
- Could I still share my iTunes and ripped DVD's with Windows and OS X?
- Could I still play my ripped DVD's video.ts files in Windows?
- I understand Mac Mini can't do surround sound, so if there a way to get surround sound from a Mini?
- Does the EyeTV work with cable/satellite or just over the air programming? Is there something similar that works with cable/satellite?
I want to be able to share all of my media resources with my MBP at my desk upstairs.
- Would this be possible with this setup?
- Elgato says EyeTV can share a video source as long as you have an EyeTV for each computer, but is this necessary? Is there another way?
Any help you can offer, tips/tricks, additional info, or other sources for this kind of info would be appreciated.
I pretty much plan on getting a Mac Mini as my HTPC with EyeTV to use to watch my cable/satellite TV with DVR capability, possibly Netflix/iTunes video rentals, and share my iTunes and ripped DVD library over a network connection with my computer at my desk. (Bootcamp for Netflix until they get Mac capability) I'm wondering if Windows with MCE would be a better choice.
- What do you think is the best for HTPC?
- Could I still share my iTunes and ripped DVD's with Windows and OS X?
- Could I still play my ripped DVD's video.ts files in Windows?
- I understand Mac Mini can't do surround sound, so if there a way to get surround sound from a Mini?
- Does the EyeTV work with cable/satellite or just over the air programming? Is there something similar that works with cable/satellite?
I want to be able to share all of my media resources with my MBP at my desk upstairs.
- Would this be possible with this setup?
- Elgato says EyeTV can share a video source as long as you have an EyeTV for each computer, but is this necessary? Is there another way?
Any help you can offer, tips/tricks, additional info, or other sources for this kind of info would be appreciated.