On September 4, 2007 at 00:10, Anthony said...
no, they don't make drives, they make player SW. An HTPC
created with the right specs and setup will work.
the question was "is there a player that can decode DTS-HD
MA". I don't remember that Bryan Levy would consider good
for an install being in it. A piece of gear that one installer
will consider the best an other will consider a piece
of crap. How many swear by Prontos while others hate them?
Some people like HTPCs, I am not one of them, some hate
consoles I like the PS3 as a player, it is all a matter
of taste. Maybe a client wants a player now that can handle
DTS HD MA and then there is a solution for it, if you
want to offer it.
There is a bogus piece of logic. One can debate many things but using a HTPC for a DVD player in a consumer installation is not one of them. Sure you are welcome to use it in your home and it may get you most of the way ( illegally, but what's copyright infringement among friends ) toward a Kaleidescape and 7/8s the price. But it will in no way be as reliable as the Kaleidescape nor the Pioneer/Sony/Samsung/LG ( how ever bad Rick thinks the LG may be in terms of reliability ) Toshiba or any other consumer machine. Nor would I personally call a PS3 a solution even if it is reliable and mass marketed. For me the debate begins and ends not with some bit of software some Krell wrote for his one of suped up hard drive but when there is a real product for sale in the consumer electronics chain.
Feel free to define acceptable any way you may like. But I think most of us, no matter what we might think of a Pronto, would dare compare it to a home brew HTPC. The Pronto is a product and what ever its failings it is still a consumer product. You are now classifying a home brew HTPC as a consumer product that would be fit for sale and installation as part of a CI project? I think there will be few who will agree with you here even if your other points may be valid.
Alan
