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stray kitten · 05-13-2011, 10:55 PM

After tons of research on building a small pc that was quiet, I ended up just buying a Dell Studio Hybrid, very small and very quiet. Pretty Powerful and drives a large HDTV in 1080p via HDMI cable. Very Sharp. Plus they look damn cool and have digital audio.

http://www.dell.com/us/dfh/p/studio-hybrid/pd

For controlling instead of a mouse keyboard combo I bought a Logitec DiNovo

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboa...d/devices/3848

It's cool, works as stated and the battery life good. The keyboard lights up with bright orange or green lettering depending on the mode you are in and is smaller than an xbox controller.

This setup is probably more than most people want. I use it to:

Browse web in 1080i
Mostly YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, live365, BBC, Slacker, LastFM and steaming via wireless to the main music FLAC/iTunes repository using Windows Media Center and the ever more cool XBMC Media Center (open source badass software) which I like better.

This setup is also powerful enough to record HDTV live via external USB reciever.

05-13-2011, 10:55 PM	#9
stray kitten mjau D&A Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Class/Position: kittens are sneaky, spy Gametype: Capture the mouse Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	After tons of research on building a small pc that was quiet, I ended up just buying a Dell Studio Hybrid, very small and very quiet. Pretty Powerful and drives a large HDTV in 1080p via HDMI cable. Very Sharp. Plus they look damn cool and have digital audio. http://www.dell.com/us/dfh/p/studio-hybrid/pd For controlling instead of a mouse keyboard combo I bought a Logitec DiNovo http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboa...d/devices/3848 It's cool, works as stated and the battery life good. The keyboard lights up with bright orange or green lettering depending on the mode you are in and is smaller than an xbox controller. This setup is probably more than most people want. I use it to: Browse web in 1080i Mostly YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, live365, BBC, Slacker, LastFM and steaming via wireless to the main music FLAC/iTunes repository using Windows Media Center and the ever more cool XBMC Media Center (open source badass software) which I like better. This setup is also powerful enough to record HDTV live via external USB reciever. __________________ 6 of the 10 richest counties in America now surround Washington D.C. Our "capitol" edged out Silicon Valley as the nation's richest metro area. Reality Distortion Field = 1. Stream the distractions: One percent, hoodies, and kony oh my. Last edited by stray kitten; 05-13-2011 at 10:57 PM.