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My friend got a Bose Lifestyle v30 and I wanted to know if the DVD player can play HD videos of .mkv format and upscale it to 1080p or will I have to get a separate Blue-Ray player for that???
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I think .mkv are just starting to get popular so it may require a little time. If You think the BR player you are thinking of getting has that support, I suggest you double check to be sure. Other than the computers, the only other device I heard that can handle .mkv is the Western Digital media player.
The Bose Lifestyle V30 does not come with its own DVD player. If i were you, I would buy a Blu-ray player that supports the formats that you want to play.
I am thinking of getting a PC which would play all my media files, and it wont have any problem of video format etc.
So can you guys please give me a complete config of a low and medium end PC which can handle 1080HD videos.
Motherboard : ANY (integrated sound which can support BOSE LIFESTYLE V30)
CPU : ANY (which can play 1080 HD videos without any problems or glitches)
RAM : >=2GB
OS : VISTA/XP/GEEXBOX
Graphic card : Which support HDMI output and can handle 1080 HD videos without any problems or glitches
Monitor : Will be buying a SONY TV
Please give me two configurations for a low end and a medium end pc
THANX A LOT FOR YOUR HELP GUYS!!!!!
YOU PEOPLE ROCK!!!!
Going along with a PC is not heading down simplicity lane; you will go through more hassle than you need to. My advice is sticking with a standalone Blu-ray player which you have researched fully. For the amount of money that it would take to buy and build a home media PC, you could use that money towards a very good blu-ray player. Another point that is for a blu-ray player is that most of them now have onboard HD audio decoding for DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD. These formats are not yet decodable by the Bose Lifestyle V30. So my solution is get a player that can do onboard decoded, the player sends a compatible signal to the V30 with the high quality HD audio. Now I will give you what you asked for as far as specifications for a media PC although I advise against it. For a motherboard, get a 7 series from NVIDIA. For a CPU, an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. As graphics go, I would look at NVIDIA and ATI. They both have HDMI enabled cards, but the price may be higher than conventional graphics cards. Be sure it has 512Mb of GDDR3 or more. With the operating system, I regret to say that you should go with Vista, XP is not HD capable. 2Gbs of RAM should be fine. Well Glad I could help.
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