so here's what i'm looking for out of a very simple home theater:
would like to stream video and music over my wireless network
want to play old nintendo and other games on emulators with USB controllers.
simple to ask i figure...don't care much about sound or any extras. i don't watch enough tv/movies to care and i can always add that stuff later if i want to.
but its the ability to run game emulators that has me scratching my head...without that i'd just get one of the little tv boxes like the WD media player or something along those lines. those won't cut it for emulators.
with that in mind, is my best bet just to get a cheap/low powered laptop or are there other options i'm not thinking of? just going to put an HDMI cable on it and call it a day...
just looking to see if anyone has any other good ideas and if not what i should be looking for in a laptop. obviously low power, so we can stay away from getting into the specs too much. more so what would be worth spending extra on and what to stay away from.
please keep in mind that i live in canada so there are a few items that are more difficult to get or the price is out of whack making it not worth while.
honestly 1080p is enough for me....
would like to stream video and music over my wireless network
want to play old nintendo and other games on emulators with USB controllers.
simple to ask i figure...don't care much about sound or any extras. i don't watch enough tv/movies to care and i can always add that stuff later if i want to.
but its the ability to run game emulators that has me scratching my head...without that i'd just get one of the little tv boxes like the WD media player or something along those lines. those won't cut it for emulators.
with that in mind, is my best bet just to get a cheap/low powered laptop or are there other options i'm not thinking of? just going to put an HDMI cable on it and call it a day...
just looking to see if anyone has any other good ideas and if not what i should be looking for in a laptop. obviously low power, so we can stay away from getting into the specs too much. more so what would be worth spending extra on and what to stay away from.
please keep in mind that i live in canada so there are a few items that are more difficult to get or the price is out of whack making it not worth while.
honestly 1080p is enough for me....