911alertme Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I'm thinking of making a really lightweight home theater PC. As the title says, I am planning on using a Dual Core Atom chip. In particular, this one. With 2GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard drive, I can have this unit completely together for about $275 and everything purchased locally. I have read somewhere that this CPU is capable of playing 720p content and I probably won't play anything bigger than that. What do you guys think? Will this have enough power to play back this content? The second part of my question is how do I connect it to my TV. I have a Sony Grand WEGA TV that is a couple of years old now. It has a couple of component inputs and a DVI input. Looking through the manual it says this about the DVI port: 1 terminal, 3.3 V T.M.D.S., 50 ohms The DVI-HDTV input terminal is compliant with the EIA-861 standard and is not intended for use with personal computers. I would like to output to the TV in a higher resolution than 480p. The audio part is easy (3.5mm jack to RCA) but the video part is tricky. What do you guys suggest? Thanks for your help, Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Well I guess the first question is, does your TV support higher than 480p? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yes it does. I think it does 1080i and it definitely does 720p. EDIT: Yes it does 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 TBH i think that atom may struggle with HD content, but I've not seen any numbers either way on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 I found where someone said it can do 720p. This thread, post 64. Now the problem is hooking it up to the TV. Anybody have any experience doing this from VGA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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