Your old cpu was a prescott . Prescott were hot headed things and drew a lot of power. The new Dual cores are better and even better are core 2 duo in terms of power and thermal efficiency and performance. Nowadays Intel are reducing the dia of the chips and coming out with 35nm dias which have power consumption as low as 35 watts and run much cooler than older cpus ! I am estimating that the ttal power consumption of my cpu would be around 130 watts. Any idea as to what would be the bill generated if I run the CPU for everyday for 6 hours ?
Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player - a HTPC replacement??
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Your old cpu was a prescott . Prescott were hot headed things and drew a lot of power. The new Dual cores are better and even better are core 2 duo in terms of power and thermal efficiency and performance. Nowadays Intel are reducing the dia of the chips and coming out with 35nm dias which have power consumption as low as 35 watts and run much cooler than older cpus ! I am estimating that the ttal power consumption of my cpu would be around 130 watts. Any idea as to what would be the bill generated if I run the CPU for everyday for 6 hours ?
grubyhalo
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If I have not totally forgotten the basics, your calculation would look something like this:
130 Watts X 6 hours/day = 780 WattHour i.e 0.78 KWH or 0.78 unit a day.
If you know the per-unit charge levied by your state's electricity board, that would give you the rate per day...
100% correct. I just used this url of my lcal power supply guys to calculate the consumption. Not bad , very very cheap ! 0.78 X 30 = 23.4 units a monht. Average rate = Rs 3.5 per unit. Hence bill= 23.4 X 3.5 = Rs 82 bucks. Even If i take a full 250 watt consumption , Max Bill = rs 150 ( approx) . Good Good !
Very useful URL :-
http://www.cesc.co.in/cescyou/powerconsumption/powercosumpnet.php
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I am certain than I am told warentee is 5 years --or I was wrong?/
5 years only for HDD's. For WD TV it is one year only ! :sad:
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Where did you get that price in Mumbai?
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lamigton road- also chk my older postes in this thread - I gave cell no of company representative
anm
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has anyone posted a review of 2 channel music performance - both for analog out and digital out with external dac, using flac or something? It might be a good option for music only computer.
moserw
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Been waiting for an update from MBR about it. Does not make much sense IMHO. You will need a screen to see files/folder/thumbnails to select/navigate/play the music you want which means the TV will need to be turned on. If you already have a PC then using that/getting an additional HDD for the PC makes more sense without the additional cost of the WDTV.
anm
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Don't have a PC as of now. Just the office laptop. Can use laptop but then the system is bound to just one person, me.
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So how does WDTV help here? Along with WDTV you will need to buy an external HDD and then connect it to WDTV. You can instead directly connect the external HDD to the laptop and play off it without the WDTV (and its additional investment of 8K). Go for WDTV only if you have HD rips to watch, it serves no other purpose otherwise.
anm
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==> I want a HDD based player in my living room. I already have external seagate hdd.
==> I do not have a dedicated PC to keep in living room. In fact as of now, I do not have any PC. Just the laptop. Neither would my wife let me put a PC in the living room. But a small device like WDTV and an external HDD (hdd is already there and connected to my philips dvd player - but that damn dvd player won't play lossless wma or flac, nor does it let me play playlists)
==>I am away to office most of the time of the day and take my laptop along. There are more people in my house who would like to listen to my system.
==> In my living room, I can connect it to my projector, which can be switched on for a short duration to select playlist/ folder/ album etc and then shut down again to just enjoy the music. So connection to TV is not a hassle.
==> I do not have a dedicated PC to keep in living room. In fact as of now, I do not have any PC. Just the laptop. Neither would my wife let me put a PC in the living room. But a small device like WDTV and an external HDD (hdd is already there and connected to my philips dvd player - but that damn dvd player won't play lossless wma or flac, nor does it let me play playlists)
==>I am away to office most of the time of the day and take my laptop along. There are more people in my house who would like to listen to my system.
==> In my living room, I can connect it to my projector, which can be switched on for a short duration to select playlist/ folder/ album etc and then shut down again to just enjoy the music. So connection to TV is not a hassle.
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moserw
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Seems to be a similar predicament to what I've in my living room with PS3, HT, Plasma, DVDP, but no PC. I'm using the PS3 as you would use the WDTV, but yes the TV needs to be turned on for even simple tasks on the PS3. Go with it if its more feasible and cheaper than a CPU. If a CPU would be cheaper then do think of it. It too can be connected to the projector and work likewise but give more flexibility and a lot more options than WDTV. Also, it would be a single unit with internal HDD instead of two like WDTV plus external HDD.
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I would love to go the PC way - but there are more things against a PC
- size, power consumption, sound card cost, OS cost - and then it just becomes never ending pursuit of getting the best parts
not that I don't love that, but it is a loop..
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Just a wild suggestion...
Why not use 7" screens with WD TV just to check tracks or occasional Images
I think in grey market chinese screens are available @ Rs 3000+
Some available on ebay too
eBay India: 7" Inch LCD TV / Monitor with Multi Function LCDisplay (item 170326070742 end time 04-May-2009 19:38:28 IST)
Why not use 7" screens with WD TV just to check tracks or occasional Images
I think in grey market chinese screens are available @ Rs 3000+
Some available on ebay too
eBay India: 7" Inch LCD TV / Monitor with Multi Function LCDisplay (item 170326070742 end time 04-May-2009 19:38:28 IST)
anm
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Not a bad idea Hemant. Maybe there are cheaper ones available at Nehru place in Delhi. Will check if I can ever go there. Can't find time on weekdays, Sundays the place is closed and Saturday is so overcrowded you can't even get a hearing with the shopkeepers. Not with the computer empire for sure.
grubyhalo
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Or how 'bout a used Viewsonic Airpanel from eBay, it looks like it has everything one could want for to control a HTPC. Mebbe there's a good reason why the product range was discontinued but I can't figure out what it was...
If you feel like splurging a bit, then this or this might be the ticket...
i can understand where anm is coming from
im inthe same boat.
i have two laptops one in office and one i use at home.
However the home laptop is connected to the router and various other devices in the bedroom it cannot be shifted to the living for convinience.
I do not need another PC hence though i would like an HTPC i cannot go that route just for music.
also one should remembr that using the laptop for HTPC would require one to connct not only an exteranl HDD but also and extrenal soundcard if the laptop has no digital out ( this is possibly the problem in many lappies including mine)
I am also thinking of the WDTV connected to the beresfprd route
100$+100pounds + 3000rs HDD = 16k ( ouch thats almost equal to a pC but still not one) - that too all prices considering you source from US and UK directly
im inthe same boat.
i have two laptops one in office and one i use at home.
However the home laptop is connected to the router and various other devices in the bedroom it cannot be shifted to the living for convinience.
I do not need another PC hence though i would like an HTPC i cannot go that route just for music.
also one should remembr that using the laptop for HTPC would require one to connct not only an exteranl HDD but also and extrenal soundcard if the laptop has no digital out ( this is possibly the problem in many lappies including mine)
I am also thinking of the WDTV connected to the beresfprd route
100$+100pounds + 3000rs HDD = 16k ( ouch thats almost equal to a pC but still not one) - that too all prices considering you source from US and UK directly
moserw
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@magma, @anm & @all - I know where you guys are coming from and while it might not seem like a good idea right now to setup/assemble a PC just to play music let me assure you it will not be the case always. With a PC you just need internet and you'll have the world at your fingertips (not to mention HiFiVision). Cost wise a PC is cheaper to assemble than a decent stereo rig and let me tell you it will blast all CDP/stereo rigs right out of the water, that's how good a PC sounds. It will be a one time investment, a good soundcard will last for years and ditto for other h/w and peripherals on the PC. All you'll be looking to upgrade periodically will be the HDD (depending on how much music/movies/content you have on hand) which is quite cheap comparatively. In the long run the PC will also handle all video content especially the HD variety so it will become the entertainment hub/center of the home. Nowhere else will you be able to assemble a top of the line product for 25-30K, not in a HT system and for a stereo rig it will cost a min of 80K to over 1 lac even for a starting decent rig and the PC with the right soundcard and h/w will simply blow them away in terms of what you'll hear from the PC. I know I sound biased but one thing I know (if nothing else) is music. I've been listening to music from even before I could walk (since my dad was a DIY enthusiast) and we always had a good to great music setup at home. I've been there and done that, traveled a lot and heard a lot of music rigs, but I will admit that I'm hearing new sounds on the PC these days and for a fraction of the cost I have a machine that simply blows everything else away. Factor in the cost of a good PC and the right soundcard at 30-35K max and Audioengine A5 at 20K max (all prices on the higher side and in actual will be lower) and you will have a machine that will beat everything else at many times its cost. Yet this beast of a machine will not need servicing, will run for 24 hours a day and for months on end, will not need new parts, need no upgrades, all s/w and everything else will be free and available on the internet and will do just about everything.
For instance I've started ripping Blu-Ray DVDs these days. In my circle I have so many TVs all with different screen ratios - PV8 a 42" Plasma, a 32" LCD, a Full HD Plasma 50", a 29" CRT, a couple of 21" CRTs and yet making different screen aspect/ratio HD rips for each TV screen is a cinch with the PC. Where else can you even begin to think of doing such things. Yet with a PC at home sooner than later you will start doing such things.
Take or at least consider my word. A Beresford, WDTV, etc. should be additions to your entertainment devices and not the mainstay. Invest wisely instead on a PC, it will be a one time investment for years and yet deliver much, much more for years on end.
Hopefully, I've not bored you all to death... but this is definitely more than my 2 cents!!!
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