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This looks cool, but I increasingly seldom I find myself watching physical media. I'd be more inclined to fore-go an optical drive and buy a case like this: ht
by joemccall86 13y ago
This looks cool, but I increasingly seldom I find myself watching physical media. I'd be more inclined to fore-go an optical drive and buy a case like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DXI288/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=O4FRV6DYHPRU&coliid=I3KKCS65W399Q0 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DXI288/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl...
and just rip my physical media ahead of time. Although here in the U.S. I think it may be technically illegal to back up my DVD and Bluray collection onto a hard drive (thanks to the DMCA).
- ecopoesis 13y agoThe author reused his last HTPC case. If you'd read the article, you'd know that he didn't put an optical drive in, he used the space for another hard drive.
- joemccall86 13y agoAh, missed that part. Personally I'd still like to have the aesthetics of a case without the 5.25" slot, though if I had a way to hide it away from view it wouldn't matter.
- csmatt 13y agoThe best media center application I've found for streaming is Plex ( http://www.plexapp.com/ http://www.plexapp.com/ ).
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoalthough, an argument could be made for using the optical drive in the HTPC itself to do the ripping right to its own storage.