Mwave.com has the Thermaltake VF7001BNS Home Theater Media PC Chassis for $196 - $10 off $100 coupon code SPOOKYSVG [Exp 10/31] + $11 shipping = $197 shipped. Features built-in media LAB LCD with hot keys module and LCD capable of display any language. Supports ATX form factor & mATX and ATX PS2 power supply. [Compare]
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aaa8888 - Posted 8:59 am PDT 10/30/09 (416 Posts)
Very nice looking case.
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rds76 - Posted 9:39 am PDT 10/30/09 (211 Posts)
I was looking into building a HTPC but the price of the components like case is way too high - so I just bought ps3 and use it as a media center.
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lottajunx - Posted 10:50 am PDT 10/30/09 (417 Posts)
#2 - how are you getting shows on your PS3? Bittorrent? Orb? Tversity?
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prasvt - Posted 11:02 am PDT 10/30/09 (1 Posts)
I do the same thing w/ our 2 ps3s. We've got a gigabit household network, and one machine acts as a media server. Bittorrent to get the shows, Tversity Pro to stream the shows (divx, h264, etc.), blu-ray rips (.m2ts h264+ac3 files), and music. Disabled any transcoding since the PS3 does a good job. PlayOn for hulu / netflix instant playet, etc. PS3s hooked up to HD AVR receivers via hdmi. Consequently, though tempted, I haven't built a HTPC using one of these cases. Still, this one looks nice.
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kponenation - Posted 11:37 am PDT 10/30/09 (279 Posts)
But PS3 doesn't play mkv's.
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Anonymouse - Posted 3:21 pm PDT 10/30/09 (96 Posts)
Actually, the PS3 does play mkv files. You just need MKV2VOB. Works fine for me, tried it with two shows, works great.
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