Confused in choosing WD TV or HTPC

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I want to buy media player for HD movies which should support
1. MKV
2. do UPscaling to 720p avi files.
3. Audio TRUE HD Passthrough
4. Dolby Digital Plus Passthrough
5. DTS HD passthrough
6. optical output for my AVR

For HTPC
i will take ATOM processor but don't know about motherboard which has onboard HD sound.

Thanks
 
WD live doesnot support DTS HD Pass ...

I think popcorn hour A200 fit ur needs ..(mind u, Dmix is not supported)

if ur going to HTPC route and u need i3/i5 which are only products in PC which are supporting these feature (no sure abt ATI 5XXX series)

So atom is just out of question.

Edit: ATI 5XXX series GPU do support
 
Ease of use : dedicated media player ideal for mid value setups (bedroom movies , relaxed viewing zero headaches)

geek, do it yourself/trials and tribulations : HTPC (lot of work with codecs linux vs windows this vs that .. we all know how it goes)

decide what you want and then make your choice
 
I use an NMT so I can suggest with experience that a dedicaded H/W is better than spending money on an HTPC. It costs way more but it also does way more. However since you dont need all that WD TV LIVE or an NMT is what I would recommend.

I would also suggest, you stretch your budget a bit and go for an NMT such as the new A-200. Once you see YAMJ with Aeon wall in action you will really not want to browse through your folder for Movie/TV watching ;-)
 
Seemingly the new Xtreamer Pro supports TrueHD/DTS Master passthrough. Its based on a sigma designs chip.
 
Chaos said:
Seemingly the new Xtreamer Pro supports TrueHD/DTS Master passthrough. Its based on a sigma designs chip.
Click to expand...

Not as per the site. It still is based on realtek 12xx chipset and not Sigma Designs.
 
What is there to decide? Do you realize that there's a big price difference between a HTPC and a WDTV? IMO, building a HTPC is no longer feasible since these new media playing devices do the job for 20% of what a HTPC would cost.

Video killed the radio star. And WDTV killed HTPC. This fact will take time to sink in.
 
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