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From: pheasant16 on 11 May 2010 09:17
With Hulu, Crackle, CBS, etc having tons of content would like to cut
the cable soon.

Currently I use the software Playon and an old laptop to send signal to
a WDTV Live box.

It seems Intel's new i series are aiming at eliminating some of the
early adopter boxes, and letting us more easily set up TV viewing.

Hulu seems to only have certain programs on computer screen (The Three
Stooges) not available on Playon. (still can't figure this out)

So what I'd like to do, and maybe waiting a little longer would be
prudent, but build something that would use an HDMI cable to feed
directly from computer to TV, and make it easily switchable so I
wouldn't need anything more than a remote to change the input to the
television. Know a good video card is a prerequisite, but hope any other
tings I'm not up on somebody can pass some pointers on.

I do have a VGA cable from laptop to TV input, but at least how I have
it, it requires many steps to get it fed to TV screen. Not what you want
to do when the mood hits for a couple Stooge shorts when lounging on the
couch.

Sorry for long explanation, but I'm not much into tech any more. Last
box I built was an Athlon XP model.

Thanks

Mark
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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 11 May 2010 10:14
> Sorry for long explanation, but I'm not much into tech any more. Last
> box I built was an Athlon XP model.

You could watch TV & video from your PC directly. I think you thought
too much on the HDMI thingies....

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