Movie Playback Specification Help

[Drobbins]

Hello All,

I have had a new 32" LG panel for xmas and want to get my movies that i have been ripping digitally down stairs, currently i watch them on my 24" imac upstairs. What kind of specification would i need to get them to play at 1080p i don't want to encode on this machine or rip dvd's or watch tv or play games i just want to be able to watch the movies.

If anyone knows what spec i would need and if i could do it for under £200 i would be greatful.

Many Thanks
Richard

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

Antec Micro Fusion Remote VERIS Media Center Case ~ £80

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140998

ASROCK M3A785GMH/128M ~ £59

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179183

2GB DDR3 ~ £42

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128494

AMD Sempron 140 ~ £25

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168973

Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB ~ £35

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228

Pioneer 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Black Drive ~ £18

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177398

However the build come to around £260 excluding the cost of an OS!

The other alternative is to look at an Ion nettop:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167153

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167154

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167155

The nettops already have an OS pre-installed and although they are not very powerful they should be able to playback 1080p content smoothly according to reviews:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/pcs/re...-ION-Nettop/p1

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Acer...NVIDIA-Ion-PC/