Now THIS is a proper home theatre PC

[Kooldino]

Very cool! If I didn't have "legobox" as my HTPC, I'd buy one. maybe. :-)

[agallag]

Originally posted by ex RedRed
WOT - no floppy????


RedRed

Floppy goes where the optional 6in1 card reader goes. You can have one or the other.

[agallag]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy
Hmm... anyone knows is the spectrum software controlled or self-controlled via line-in/out?
Anyhow this is really cool... Shuttle and Creative no chance now

I would assume it's self-controlled, because you can run the radio and mp3 player while the computer is off.

[agallag]

Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
This is one I would actually want to get, but can any of these have more than one hard drive?

Additional hard drives go in your server, not in your home theatre box

[WyWyWyWy]

So MP3s have to be in memory cards in the 6in1 or CD?
Or how can the "hi-fi" access the hdd when computer is off?

[High_Jumbllama]

Originally posted by agallag
Additional hard drives go in your server, not in your home theatre box

I always like to have a second drive for backup/restore purposes. It does have a PCI slot so maybe SCSI could be added.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Originally posted by agallag
Additional hard drives go in your server, not in your home theatre box

home theatre electronics need hard drives?

[High_Jumbllama]

Or maybe gigabit ethernet!

[Ashley]

As is, SiS video and home *theatre* don't really go well together. I suppose that's why MSI wisely calls this an "Entertainment and Gaming Appliance" rather than a HTPC...

[agallag]

Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
I always like to have a second drive for backup/restore purposes. It does have a PCI slot so maybe SCSI could be added.

Just back up across the network onto the server.

[agallag]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy
So MP3s have to be in memory cards in the 6in1 or CD?
Or how can the "hi-fi" access the hdd when computer is off?

Yeah, I assume that's the case. If you want to play stuff of the hard drive, you have to boot it up. I'd probably leave something like this on most of the time anyway. Maybe just suspend it when not in use...

[agallag]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
home theatre electronics need hard drives?

Depends what you're doing with it. If it's just for playing music and video, streaming from the server would be enough. If you're doing DVR type stuff (like Tivo), then an internal hard disk is more efficient.