im thinking of makeing a media pc to sit under the tv in the living room so i can enjoy bbc i player and 4OD problem i quickly totted up the price of one to £270. thats the case,remote, graphics card with svideo out mem, processor, hd and a motherboard that has been sources from some where else. and thats without the operating system. i did think about a laptop from ebay thats got no screen but i need the wake up on lan feature and i thought about a old shuttle pc but both are just as expensive and crapper.

any one got ideas of how to get the price down? or how to source the bits cheaper.

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"so i can enjoy bbc i player and 4OD".

Please enlighten those of us that don't know what those things are?

edit

I have since stubled upon the iplayer and understand it is TV over the internet. What is the other one?

Hi
some stuff to ponder over, Media base unit needs tlc and a cpu

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...

and a tv card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produ...

same supplier raft of am2 cpus from 34 notes & ram approx the same.

you supply xp & bobs your uncle.

theres a even a freebie linux version of media centre worth a look mythtv not somthing ive tried but who knows.

Ot'hill, 4OD UK tv channel film on demand.

could you elaborate on the tlc?

also i was thinking graphics card with a svideoout(no flat screen yet) i think and a hdmi incase i decide to get a flat screen. TV cards can that be used like a graphics card. im not too keen on getting a tv card since i live in the sticks and wont get digital till the switch over in 2010. also the power suply in thats only 200w bit low aint it?

unfortunatly i dont think you can use iplayer or 4od with linux the stupid thing is bound to m$ drm

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google it! wasnt the answer to the question i asked so dont be dense and give me that repl