OK. Here’s your chance to get creative. How about an HTPC for the car?
Here's some rough ideas since the kids are about to get home from school. I'll clean it up later. It needs to:
Play Blu-Ray DVDs
Pick up over-the-air TV signals and DVR them
Play MP3s, etc.
Allow two people to play a game against each other (I’m not a gamer so I don’t know how to phrase this correctly.)
Do multiple displays, maybe three – two for videos/gaming, one for GPS and finding a restaurant while on the road
Have Internet access – using a cell phone modem?
Zotac 9300 MoBo - just been reading about this and it sounds pretty good
4GB RAM
E6x000 CPU
SSD hard drive
ATI 5000 series video card
Power supply? Enough power to drive USB and other peripherals? Do I have to bump up the car’s ability to supply power? Extra battery to keep it going while stopped? How do I keep the power flowing while I pump gas? We’ll probably need to use diapers since there’ll be no desire to make pit stops with this much entertainment in the car.
Several small LCDs for the car, and the ability to hook up to most TVs in hotels or rental condos
What software to use? Windows 7, PowerDVD9 or Media Center
Will there be enough space on the drive for Office?
Use an external drive to rip DVDs, music, TV shows, etc. for the trip?
Add you own suggestions, ideas and wishes. Like the government we’ll worry about the budget after we design it. Heck, maybe we could get a grant to build it. Is this a shovel ready project?
Here's some rough ideas since the kids are about to get home from school. I'll clean it up later. It needs to:
Play Blu-Ray DVDs
Pick up over-the-air TV signals and DVR them
Play MP3s, etc.
Allow two people to play a game against each other (I’m not a gamer so I don’t know how to phrase this correctly.)
Do multiple displays, maybe three – two for videos/gaming, one for GPS and finding a restaurant while on the road
Have Internet access – using a cell phone modem?
Zotac 9300 MoBo - just been reading about this and it sounds pretty good
4GB RAM
E6x000 CPU
SSD hard drive
ATI 5000 series video card
Power supply? Enough power to drive USB and other peripherals? Do I have to bump up the car’s ability to supply power? Extra battery to keep it going while stopped? How do I keep the power flowing while I pump gas? We’ll probably need to use diapers since there’ll be no desire to make pit stops with this much entertainment in the car.
Several small LCDs for the car, and the ability to hook up to most TVs in hotels or rental condos
What software to use? Windows 7, PowerDVD9 or Media Center
Will there be enough space on the drive for Office?
Use an external drive to rip DVDs, music, TV shows, etc. for the trip?
Add you own suggestions, ideas and wishes. Like the government we’ll worry about the budget after we design it. Heck, maybe we could get a grant to build it. Is this a shovel ready project?