Hi
Need a bit of help.
I have an AV home cinema set up and a hifi and what to bring it all upto date with a Home Entertainment PC. I have a bit of Home cinema and Hifi kit. I want to get an enertainment PC, and start streaming music and films.
I have the following kit...
Home Cinema Room: Have an Samsung LCD tv with a KEF 2005.3 5.1 surround sound system. In a walk in cupborad in this room I have an Arcam DV135 and AV Amp. They are linked with an HDMI and Optical digital lead through the wall to enable suround sound from the TV.
Kitchen: Bog standard wireless Broadband conection from Virgin
Sitting Room: A second LCD and som mid-range Hifi seperates form the early 90's (Marantz, Kenwood and Tannoy kit)
Want I want to do is be able to watch films through a PC in the home cinema room and at the very least music in the sitting room, but would bre great to also watch film. I bascally need all the kit to make this happen. Thought I would get ...
1) an enterainment pc - something like the HP Pavilion p6315uk Desktop PC wih something like "Spotify" as a front end
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pavilion-Processor-Networking-Graphics-Wireless/dp/B0033PRQJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275161566&sr=1-1
put that in the home cinema room cupboard, attach this to the home cinema AV kit and tv to enable me to watch films and even iplayer etc.
2) get a streamer of some description to play music throught the HIfi in the sitting room (Squeezebox duet maybe)
I guess I will need a router, and all sorts of other bits of kit.
Keen to hear from anyone who has done something similar or anyone who has any suggestions on what kit i need and what would be good. Dont have a budget in mind but would be keen to keep under a £1k.
Thanks
Johnny
Need a bit of help.
I have an AV home cinema set up and a hifi and what to bring it all upto date with a Home Entertainment PC. I have a bit of Home cinema and Hifi kit. I want to get an enertainment PC, and start streaming music and films.
I have the following kit...
Home Cinema Room: Have an Samsung LCD tv with a KEF 2005.3 5.1 surround sound system. In a walk in cupborad in this room I have an Arcam DV135 and AV Amp. They are linked with an HDMI and Optical digital lead through the wall to enable suround sound from the TV.
Kitchen: Bog standard wireless Broadband conection from Virgin
Sitting Room: A second LCD and som mid-range Hifi seperates form the early 90's (Marantz, Kenwood and Tannoy kit)
Want I want to do is be able to watch films through a PC in the home cinema room and at the very least music in the sitting room, but would bre great to also watch film. I bascally need all the kit to make this happen. Thought I would get ...
1) an enterainment pc - something like the HP Pavilion p6315uk Desktop PC wih something like "Spotify" as a front end
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pavilion-Processor-Networking-Graphics-Wireless/dp/B0033PRQJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275161566&sr=1-1
put that in the home cinema room cupboard, attach this to the home cinema AV kit and tv to enable me to watch films and even iplayer etc.
2) get a streamer of some description to play music throught the HIfi in the sitting room (Squeezebox duet maybe)
I guess I will need a router, and all sorts of other bits of kit.
Keen to hear from anyone who has done something similar or anyone who has any suggestions on what kit i need and what would be good. Dont have a budget in mind but would be keen to keep under a £1k.
Thanks
Johnny