[ILUG] of mp3's and living rooms..

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Gareth Eason wrote:

> 	PC speakers are getting so good at this stage, that a small 
> PC, particularly something without fans (or with quit fans) with 
> some speakers connected might be a useful, cheap and sufficiently 
> good way forward.

Yeah.

> 	If the box has wired / wireless networking, then you can pull 
> files from wherever you like, controlling it via a laptop, a remote 
> shell prompt, bluetooth, an IR controller, or whatever else takes 
> your fancy.

Yep.

> 	If you want to get a more powerful system, that's still quite 
> - you can kill two birds with one stone by using it as a video 
> playback system as well, allowing you to stream media from your 
> fileserver to your TV/High-Fi in the living room.

Yes, have been thinking that.

I guess then, one set of the answer-space I'm interested in is:

- Anyone know of PCs suitable for use as hifi / Media PCss? I.e.:
   - USB ports for attachment of disks
   - Decent audio output
   - remote control support...

etc..

regards,
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