<div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Don Robertson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:don@robertson.net.nz" target="_blank">don@robertson.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 04/12/12 21:06, tortise wrote:<br>
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Detailing brands and model numbers really facilitates people give<br>
focussed answers and is unreasonable (IMO) to expect people to give<br>
speculative answers to cover a wide range of scenarios. Kit to cover<br>
includes PC, remotes, and screens / TV's brand and model numbers. URLs<br>
to manuals are also a courtesy.<br>
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I don't know what the P4 is - it is not a 'brand'. I could open it up and get a reference for the mother board, ram, hd, cables etc if that helps. Backend does not have a remote. Have not bought the front end - just looking at available machines. For specific models, take a look at this <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor" target="_blank">http://www.trademe.co.nz/<u></u>computers/desktops/no-monitor</a><br>
</blockquote><div><br>It not the PC hardware we really need to know about. It's all the stuff that will be connected to the PC hardware. Knowing the model of the TV is useful because we need to know if you need HDMI output or DVI output or whatever - which is best can depend on the TV model. It helps to know if you are wanting a particular size box or if you require silent operation or whatever. We need to know if you plan to use a separate amp or if will you use the TV for sound - so do you need HDMI audio or SPDIF optical or SPDIF coax?<br>
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I would kind of like to get a system that works on any TV. I thought Open Source was a way to avoid lock in.</blockquote><br>There are no universal answers. The closest you'll get to a system that works on any TV is something that outputs an NTSC signal over a composite video connection. I'm sure that is not what you want - but even if you meant "any new TV" it's just not that simple.<br>
<br>Basically the more specific you are the more likely someone can give useful recommendations.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div>