I'm in the same boat with this monitor. When this sucker is in stock I have to fight myself to not buy it instantly.I'm a good person right? I deserve to buy myself a 980 GTX right?
Just wait. There are a bunch of adaptive sync technologies in the production pipeline, the prices will come down when they have actual competition.I'm in the same boat with this monitor. When this sucker is in stock I have to fight myself to not buy it instantly.
ASUS ROG PG278Q Black 271 - Newegg.com
1440p, 1ms response time, AND G-Sync. I came
Pretty good deal. I bought the 850 series drive a few months back. I imagine vendors are just trying to get rid of the old 840 series inventory at this point. Nice time to get a great SSD for sure.500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD + Far Cry 4 (PC Digital Download) $190 + Free Shipping - Newegg Deals, Coupons and Promos
down $40 from just a couple days ago + free Far Cry 4(which is awesome)
I wish Boxee Box didn't sell off to Samsung. I still use mine, but I would kill to have an updated version. It's basically just a media player that connects to your network. I use a NAS to drop all my torrents on and the Boxee will organise, create thumbnails, descriptions, trailer links, etc on its own. All for <$175 years back....What is the generally preferred setup for a media center? Right now I'm using an old box with a wireless NIC and windows XP (lol). I download movies off iptorrents and play them. It works pretty well but there has to be better options!
I have this setup. It's perfect.An intel NUC with PLEX and gigabit access to your NAS should the job nicely at 0 db and it's about this big?.
edit : why is my little square black ?
I use Plex via Chromecast.I'm completely clueless with PLEX. How does it generally work? I am guessing I would need to install a copy of Win7 and run within windows?
What are the best options for a remote? I love the Bluetooth remote with the Boxee with a tiny keyboard built into the back.
I am guessing this:
Amazon.com: Intel NUC BOXD54250WYKH1 Intel 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4250U with Intel HD Graphics 5000: Computers Accessories
Plus some RAM and an HD and an OS to make it work?
Chromecast is over Wifi, no? I had issues in the past before my hardwired Boxee connection. I basically torrent 1080p BluRay quality rips with HD-MA and would suffer from buffer stuttering and search (FF / RW) functions due to wifi bandwidth issues. I'd much prefer a hardwired solution that is essentially limitless for max quality rips.I use Plex via Chromecast.
Basically you just set up Plex on a PC that is on your home network/wifi. Make sure that PC can access all locations that you have media stored. I have Plex running on my main/gaming PC, and I set it to scrape/search a few different folders on this PC, as well as a couple of network hard drives that are plugged straight into my router(where the majority of my video files are at).
Once that is set up, ANY device that is on your home network/wife can access Plex media, be it PC, laptop, phone, tablet, whatever. I generally access it with phones or tablets and then use those devices to cast the video file to the Chromecast that is on whatever TV I want to watch the video on. I think that's a lot easier than having a Roku/Boxee/whatever with a separate remote. 99.9% of the time that I'm at home my phone is within reach, whereas a random remote probably isn't.
You can buy the full version of Plex and get access to your media anywhere, rather than just at home for the free version, but I don't travel much and I can't watch anything at work, so the free version works fine for me, I just need it in my home.