Domestic Incidents

[naanima]

So, mum's television died yesterday; no smoke or screeching noise this time, it just died. I no longer have a TV as she has appropriated mine in turn.

The vacuum cleaner just died 20 minutes ago in a smoking heap.

The death of domestic appliances during the past 16 years in our household; 4 televisions, one computer, 2 exploding light bulbs and 1 vacuum cleaner. Mum and I are pretty sure my television won't last too long.

So, awesome friend-list, how do I go about converting my computer in an Entertainment centre, TV reception and all?

Comments

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Vista Ultimate. There is more than regular television?

Anything more $300 and I may as well buy an LCD. So, less than $300.

[deathwombat.livejournal.com]

well i didn't know if you needed access to satellite or whatever.

Well the good news is that vista comes with a media center built in and all you'll really need to get is a decent tv-capture card.

Something like this (http://ple.com.au/?p=snapshot&inventory_id=36691) would be perfect as it seamlessly integrates into the media center but any tv-capture care that can receive digital tv (DVB-T) would probably work as well.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

I like.

Awesome. So, I just need to get this and get install it. Yay for me!