The real reason I bought a house
December 25th, 2009 by Ari
The real reason I bought a house was so I would finally have something to wire up into the ultimate nerd-home. I’ve been slowly assembling the home theater. The TV has been in place since the beginning of football season. I got a blu-ray player on sale after thanksgiving, and recently set up a Home Theater PC to watch internet video on. The best part? I can now watch my entire star trek collection on the big screen TV. My entire collection of divx discs will play on the blu-ray player, and CBS Video has the original series online for free. (Which ties nicely into Windows Media Center). Now, every night can be a star trek night.
December 26th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
And it even looks like you’ve got some red matter there behind the console on the floor: now THAT is embracing the old with the new :)
December 27th, 2009 at 12:29 am
What? Windows Media Center? And I thought you were a real computer nerd (e.g. Linux/BSD guy)…
One of my friends, who is now in s’micha, was debating what kind of computer to get. When I asked him and he told me he had gotten a Windows system, he then said, “chatati”. I hope you feel the same way… ;)
December 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
William: Yeah, that’s basically how I feel. The problem is that Linux just doesn’t have drivers for some of the graphics stuff I want to do. Also keep in mind that this isn’t for my personal computer – this is just the computer that hooks into the TV. It has to be usable by everyone else in the family too. Also since a HTPC usually doesn’t have a keyboard (who wants to sit on the couch with a wireless keyboard in their lap?) it has to be easily usable with a mouse alone.