What do you mean, HTPC?

What is HTPC?

HTPC It is the abbreviation of home theater Personal Computer English word, translated into Chinese meaning is the Family theater computer. It is through the HTPC mainframe connected computer TV, projector, ion display, audio decoder and other equipment. However, these devices make up the home theater.

HTPC is usually the household appliances, the general HTPC Mainframe equipped with exquisite compact chassis. This makes it easy for the user to place a good decoration on the home, while the ordinary chassis look is not very good. This is also a feature of the HTPC chassis.

Next HTPC Its power consumption is very low, and the voice is very small, we know a common computer power consumption in general about 200W, and the corresponding HTPC, it consumes less power than ordinary computers, more energy-saving, and it is the use of fans and mute fans, so the noise generated is very small.

Users who use HTPC usually just watch movies and TVs, so there's no way to think about configuration in terms of performance. This will only require a good video card. That way you'll be better at watching the movie.

Here if you need to buy a HTPC, you can recommend a basic configuration if you have no worries:

One, chassis aspects; exquisite compact, small radiation interference. It's best to match your home décor.

Second, fan noise, including the choice of power supply fans, in the noise need to be strictly controlled, if the same as the normal computer host is very loud, it is very uncomfortable to see the film.

Three, the memory configuration should be sufficient, but basically about 2G is sufficient.

Four, the hard drive is naturally in the budget to allow the scope, the bigger the better, recommended to use 1TB. Of course, if you have the conditions, we recommend the use of solid-state drives.

Five, optical drive DVD-ROM is necessary, read the plate is the first. The burner can also be considered, but the reading capacity is slightly inferior to the DVD drive.

Six, wireless Keyboard mouse: is also necessary. In view of the actual needs, no powerful and complex structure of wireless mouse, the normal wireless mouse can be.

Seven, remote control, due to HTPC general placement in the living room, in order to meet the living room control environment, must cooperate with the remote control.

Eight, the motherboard is also included in the graphics card, CPU and other hardware. For the graphics card, a good video card is important, because our HTPC is mainly used to do home theater to use.