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Setting up an HTPC as the heart of home cinema: Expanding the experience with a NAS

Reading Time: 3 minutesMovies and media files A good HTPC system can handle all types of media you throw at it. If we already have many movies or intend to build up a library of movies, we need a storage medium to store media files, i.e., build a digital library. Nowadays nobody uses Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 10 months ago

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Setting up a HTPC as the heart of the home cinema: the hardware (3/3)

Reading Time: 4 minutesContinued from here Storage device Having setting up the HTPC case/power-supply/fans, graphics card, and motherboard/processor/ram we next need a hard disk. This is required for storing the operational system and the appropriate HTPC software. An SSD (solid-state drive) of 256 GB to 512 GB is the best option for the Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsFebruary 4, 2024 ago