geek challage home tv and pc
 

Simple one for you
1000 pounds to spend
need 42inch tv, tower pc and a laptop
all to run together, eg tv as monitor for pc and xbox
Include links to products for sale, winner gets a free night on the beer

Can be bigger than 42inch
Use pc for streaming movies etc
Obvious top spec if poss

Re: geek challage home tv and pc
 

Any preference to LCD or Plasma? Or even LED?

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This is what I found after a quick search on PC World. Probably find same one's cheaper else where, but it's late so will have a look tomorrow. They all seem pretty good spec to me, definitely things I would be happy to buy if I had the money.

Desktop PC (£299) - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...52203-pdt.html

Laptop (£249) - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-a...45118-pdt.html

42" Plasma TV (£449) - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/panaso...19641-pdt.html

Coming to a grand total of £998.96

These are all pretty good for the money, like I said I will have a better look tomorrow but these are the sort of specs your looking at for the money.

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Over by £50 but you could use the laptop to stream films and not bother with the other PC.

Laptop £350 http://www.ebuyer.com/283159-fujitsu...y-ah530mrsc2gb

Desktop £200 http://www.ebuyer.com/283809-acer-as...-pt-semec-037e

TV £500 http://www.ebuyer.com/269743-lg-42lv...v-42lv550t-aek

Re: geek challage home tv and pc
 

depends on what you want to do with it?

TBH i would spend the cash on multimedia centre first e.g. TV, AV amp, speakers and a blu-ray to begin with then add rest later.

for instance this as your PC media streamer at a later date:

http://www.ebuyer.com/279898-acer-as...c-pt-semec-036

PC media centres are getting there but they are still no substitute for stand alone items.

start with a decent set up first then add later. for instance a decent amp will let you plug almost anything into it and use one remote to control everything.

Re: geek challage home tv and pc
 

How did you find it cheaper than me on the same site :confused:

Edit, mine has 2gb more RAM, not bad for an extra tenner

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.... edit :smt040

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Mrs_Giggles. What kind of movies are you wanting to stream? If it's your bog standard low definition movies then a sub £400 desktop will do. But if your going to be watching full high definition 1080p blu-ray movies then a cheap desktop might struggle. It will really struggle if you want to watch 1080p 3D movies.

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£40 over but not bad! The TV will be going sharpish!

TV £350: http://www.richersounds.com/product/...490/lg-42ld490

Media PC with BluRay £400: http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...ktop_home_box1

Laptop £290: http://www.ebuyer.com/280743-fujitsu...y-ah530mrsb2gb

Re: geek challage home tv and pc
 

Gem get andrewsmiths tv, dont bother with a media pc just stream thru the xbox with tversity like i`ve shown Dave. The media pc would be used less than u will think, buy a 2nd lappie if u both want to browse the web at the same time.