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Javier, YOU are missing the point. Can you build a less expensive HTPC. The answer is YES. Can you build one that has the same capabilities and quality as the one mentioned above, for that price, again, the answer is NO. Thats the point. I can build a less expensive HTPC, but it won't have the...

I think you all need to look at the specifications of that machine. Price each componet and warrenty length: Ok, the TheaterTek = $70.00 Abit AT7 - $148.00 OCZ 235MB Memory = 80.00 Plexor PX320-A CDRW/DVD = $191.00 Matrix-Orbital = $120 Coolmaster Case = $220 WindowXP Pro = $160...

Gab, if you look at standard DV format from a digital video camera and apply a little basic math you have something like this: 720p x 480p x24 bit/p x 29.97 frame/sec. The data rate streaming from the camera is the aprox. 32MB per second. Most stardard IDE controller/drive combos cannot...

Gabriel, your right a pure HTPC would not need a raid disk configuration. The machine Ken references above use a Raid controller with two drives because the machine will be used to record digital video via the firewire interface. So the machine has all the HTPC funcionality plus the ability to...

Doug, really did not mean to get under anybodies skin. Just trying to make the point that a pre-configured HTPC system of the nextwave caliber will cost you about that much. As your link clearly shows the machine from Digital Connection is $1699 . Now you need to add a RAID controller, the...

Jedd, I disagree with your assessment. First your off-the- cuff analysis does not take into account any of the software which ties the whole system together much less the requirements of the end-user. The software allows the hardware to be configured for the end-user based on their HT setup. 2nd...