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Adept
Guys,
This is for my mom and dad. So simple and easy to use solutions preferred. I dont mind tinkering it but since they use it
they should feel comfortable in the event of any problems.
Existing Components:
1) Samsung 32" LCD
2) Sun Direct DTH and in future maybe back to Cable TV, thanks to politics in TN.
Purpose:
A) My mother like every lady watches TV Shows and all those cooking sessions.
Now she wants to record all those shows and store it so that she can view the same later when she tries it out.
My Addl Pref: So that she can work in peace.
Should be able to record in HD if on Sun DTH else fine
Should encode the videos in MKV to as to reduce size.
Never mind the Ads.
Prefer to be connected on Network for easy transfer of files to her computer.
B) My Da got used to WDTV. So he wants those features in the new Media Player. Like acess his favourite playlists and
watch DVD Content Videos from Cam recordings stored on the computer and also play movies DVD9 ISO's backed up,BR Disks,720p & 1080p files.
Requirements:
A media Player which can do all the above.(Bit Sceptical but come on guys!)
Or any other Alternate soln.
Planned on HTPC. But my da loves simplicity hence the need.
Budget : Maybe around 15k (Lesser the better).
Prefer to buy it locally to avoid Warranty hassles.
But can buy from abroad too (S'pore and US).
This is for my mom and dad. So simple and easy to use solutions preferred. I dont mind tinkering it but since they use it
they should feel comfortable in the event of any problems.
Existing Components:
1) Samsung 32" LCD
2) Sun Direct DTH and in future maybe back to Cable TV, thanks to politics in TN.
Purpose:
A) My mother like every lady watches TV Shows and all those cooking sessions.
Now she wants to record all those shows and store it so that she can view the same later when she tries it out.
My Addl Pref: So that she can work in peace.
Should be able to record in HD if on Sun DTH else fine
Should encode the videos in MKV to as to reduce size.
Never mind the Ads.
Prefer to be connected on Network for easy transfer of files to her computer.
B) My Da got used to WDTV. So he wants those features in the new Media Player. Like acess his favourite playlists and
watch DVD Content Videos from Cam recordings stored on the computer and also play movies DVD9 ISO's backed up,BR Disks,720p & 1080p files.
Requirements:
A media Player which can do all the above.(Bit Sceptical but come on guys!)
Or any other Alternate soln.
Planned on HTPC. But my da loves simplicity hence the need.
Budget : Maybe around 15k (Lesser the better).
Prefer to buy it locally to avoid Warranty hassles.
But can buy from abroad too (S'pore and US).
and yet no reply other than me :huh:
