Flat mate is moving out and taking his DVR with himso I've been thinking about the possibility of using a pc as a replacement.
I've recently been looking about for cheap 2nd pc's and I should be able to pick up one of the old Dell Optiplex GX280 or simular P4 systems for about £20-30
Just wondering what it would take to turn it into a combo, music playe, dvd player, digital tv receiver & recorder?
Now befor people start talking about bluray and 1080p, atm all we've got is a 19" non-widescreen lcd tv.
it only has RCA, Scart and S-Video inputs (not even a d-sub)
ATM we have the combo of a freeview box and a PS2 (for music & watching dvd's, don't play any games on it)
So I've started thinking about a HTPC type thing to replace them and also be able to record stuff (we're going to miss that)
However I've never actually put something like that together and don't have much money atmso wondering if it could be done on a faril small budget with something like an old Dell Optiplex as a base?
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