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- First read the various Documentation before spending your hard earned $$$
- a simple DVD drive is $50 or less, and HDTV cards are $200-$500 range
- Example DVD-Howto Documention
- Pick out your small Fanless Hardware ( pending finalized measurements )
[ FanLess system ] motherboard, CPU, memory, disks, powersupply
- A playback system probably can be fanless ... but ..
- I'd strongly recommend having fans on the disks for better disk lifespan
- Encoding *.mpg will require more CPU horsepower than simple playback system
- Download and install the latest linux kernel
- Configure your sound cards
- Configure your video capture cards
- Configure your 60" plasma display -- possible dual-head X11 system
- Download and install the latest mpeg players and libs
- different players require different set of required libraries
- Configure your System to be able to play movies and music
- Practice making a DVD player before attempting a HDTV recorder/player
- Practice playing these movie trailors
- Watch your DVD movies on your Large 60" Plasma LCD Screen
- Finally, order your HDTV PCI card and various accessories and HDTV subscriptions
- HDTV programming comes from cable, satellite or over-the-air-antenna
- Your HDTV card will require some hdtv device drivers
- You will be recording the incoming HDTV programming to your local hard disk to be viewed later at your convenience
- Please do NOT copy/sell/trade copyright protected material in any format
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