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At this point I have no idea what video cards with good output are available, nor am I familiar with laptops with SPDIF or hard drive capabilities. Maybe just use HDMI out with audio pass-thru on the TV? Maybe a 1.5TB external drive would work? Certainly Windows Home Server would work, but it isn't as portable for travel. The point being, it would be neat to take the whole media center with you on vacation. It seems like this could be less than $1000 (plus ATI tuners). Any thoughts here?]]>Jul 22nd 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/21/how-to-build-an-hd-media-center-for-under-1000/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/21/how-to-build-an-hd-media-center-for-under-1000/
If you are on vacation and have the time to watch TV/Cables shows, then I dont know what to say about your vacation. ]]>Jul 22nd 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/21/how-to-build-an-hd-media-center-for-under-1000/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/21/how-to-build-an-hd-media-center-for-under-1000/
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