Could you explain htpc? I see they aren't real cheap minix makes one. Hey has anyone put the IPTV addon on is it free or paid subscription how does it work?
A home theater pc, if you're looking to
buy one, I'm not actually sure, all I did for the last 2 that I've had was, whenever I built a new gaming rig, I built an htpc out of parts I ripped out from the old one.
The one I'm using now has most of the old hardware from the old one, I think its an i7 4790k, 2 sticks of 8gb, Asus rog mobo and a gtx 980 gpu, if I remember it all correctly... all I had to
buy was a more compact psu, 1 small pci-express HD (for windows) to boot, and a small m.2 ssd (for storage) to be able ti fit w/ this fractal designs case.
It's very small and it looks like a cable box, but there's not a lot of room inside. Traditional HD's would not fit inside, with the way I have it at least. A lot of people use them for gaming as a "steambox" in place of a console. I do sometimes if I'm lazy but I mostly use it for media. I've got 3x 2tb and up external hd's hooked up to it and that's what is shared on the plex server.
USTVnow is also supposed to be good but was looking at the cheapest package on Vue and it is pretty good also. If I didn't have the package I have with Dish that I have for $33 which isn't available anymore for the locals it doesn't include any where near what the 29.95 package on Vue includes. The problem nowadays is the damned ISP's all want to limit your data just waiting for Century Link to start doing it on the business package.
Yeah vue is great, we tried sling TV first but I like PS vue's channels and ui better, plus the inclused dvr.