Comments on: Audio Visual: Dragged into the 21st century… http://phillsacre.me.uk/2010/01/15/audio-visual-dragged-into-the-21st-century/ Personal Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matthew http://phillsacre.me.uk/2010/01/15/audio-visual-dragged-into-the-21st-century/#comment-698 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:42:23 +0000 http://phillsacre.me.uk/?p=1560#comment-698 A media centre PC is an intriguing idea, and one that I played with for a while when I had a spare Mac Mini knocking around. But, as you say, you want it turned off most of the time and have it switch on almost instantly when you need it. You could put the computer to sleep perhaps, or hibernate it, and that might speed up startup times. But you’re still left with the problem of it being a computer, trying to find some way of controlling it without the keyboard and mouse it’s expecting, and having to put up with it crashing every now and then.

I would recommend that until computer technology becomes truly instant and completely reliable, you stick to a dedicated hardware system instead. So get your HD TV and hook it up to what you’ve got, and upgrade the other hardware as and when you can afford it and when it’s actually going to be useful.

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