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post #1 of 9
1/20/12 at 10:36am
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I goggled and was overwhelmed. CAC mentioned in one of my threads that he remembers Coffee building a home media server, so I started looking. I can't nail this down and I need some help, here is what I want to do:

1. Convert my dvd's to digital
2. Store the content
3. Serve the content to my TV (done with a special video card??)
4. Uses an infrared or serial remote - doesn't need a keyboard or mouse on the table at all times
5. Does 1080P
6. Blu-ray capable


Can I do this?
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post #2 of 9
1/20/12 at 11:01am
easy enough. use Handbrake for 1, a large hard drive for 2, anything with HDMI out for 3 5 and 6. a small AMD Fusion or nVidia ION board would be great for the task. add a Blu-ray drive and the software and there's your blu-ray playback

the remote thing I'm less sure of, I havent used any before but I bet you could find infrared/bluetooth/wireless remotes plenty. or you could grab something like this, I ordered one of these recently to use for the PC I have hooked up to my HDTV: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005BZNE2U/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
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post #3 of 9
1/20/12 at 11:08am
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So here is the "rub" I want to be able to add the control of the PC to my touchpanels, that means either IR or serial control.
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post #4 of 9
1/20/12 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by Time-Pilot View Post

So here is the "rub" I want to be able to add the control of the PC to my touchpanels, that means either IR or serial control.

no bluetooth option? im searching but not seeing any sort of generic IR receivers. also im not quite following what you mean by this particular request thb

EDIT: well theres stuff like http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=bluetooth+to+serial&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9350673732786606001&sa=X&ei=vrwZT7mREtPatwfIjYGqCw&ved=0CIUBEPMCMAE to bridge what i was thinking
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post #5 of 9
1/20/12 at 11:12am
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http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-USB-Remote-Control-Mouse/dp/B001M56DI0

ohh, I found one.
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post #6 of 9
1/20/12 at 11:17am
I have an interesting setup with my current laptop that's connected to my HDTV via HDMI. I use Cyberlink's Blu Ray software to play BR movies, and there is an Android application which allows me to control the playing of movies from my Droid X. It's kind of cool, and works really well.
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post #7 of 9
1/20/12 at 4:18pm
TP, I don't have any specific advice, check over at hardforums, they have an entire section dedicated to home theater pcs. link
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post #8 of 9
1/20/12 at 8:23pm
or here: http://www.avsforum.com/
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post #9 of 9
1/21/12 at 9:13am
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Originally Posted by olyteddy View Post

or here: http://www.avsforum.com/

+1 that was the other forum I forgot. Lots of good infor there.
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