Re: Screen at a distance

[Ext User(Steve Robertson)]

novus wrote:

> I have been given permission by a higher authority (the wife) to buy an
> plasma or LCD screen provided that it can hang on the wall and have no
> clutter underneath it. Clutter is wife-speal for STBs, DVD players,
> amplifiers etc.. The clutter is to be on the other side of the room - 8m
> away. One option is to use the computer with appropriate cards as the
> control centre and possibly wireless speakers. It is a rented property so we
> can't access the wall cavity. Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> novus
>
>

I was at Domayne in O'Riordan St Sydney last week. They had a pretty
impressive demo of an HD Plasma on the wall being run by a Mac Mini Core
Duo with an Elgato Systems Eye TV HD tuner in the USB. The Mac is then
your DVD player, PVR and STB in a pretty small package. It was
connected to the internet by WiFi, and the whole thing, email, web
browsing, DVD, PVR and TV run by a small remote. A bluetooth keyboard
can be employed when required.

Steve

[Ext User(Justin)]

Steve Robertson wrote:
>
> I was at Domayne in O'Riordan St Sydney last week. They had a pretty
> impressive demo of an HD Plasma on the wall being run by a Mac Mini Core
> Duo with an Elgato Systems Eye TV HD tuner in the USB. The Mac is then
> your DVD player, PVR and STB in a pretty small package. It was
> connected to the internet by WiFi, and the whole thing, email, web
> browsing, DVD, PVR and TV run by a small remote. A bluetooth keyboard
> can be employed when required.

Could be a very good option if Mac is your thing. You can do the same
with Windows, but the Mac has it all over a Windows PC looks wise. Could
you tell how quiet it was? I'll have to go & check it out.

Justin