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> > Anyway, simple question: As I'll be buying a decent sized external HDD
> > I can't see any point going for anything other than the most basic one
> > but just wanted to check that it'll do E.g. the 1.6Ghz one isn't
> > painfully slow and the 1/2 Gb RAM is sufficient for audio/video
> > playback?
>
> I went for the 1.8ghz with 2Gb of RAM so it could drive me 720p
> screen, and it works beautifully.  Only had to reboot it once and
> that was for a firmware upgrade.

I've been thinking of doing exactly this, but I kinda assumed
(wrongly!) that I could get away with a much less oomphy processor and
RAM. I have a Sony 32" LCD (1080i I think) - what kind of spec should
I be looking at getting?

thanks,

Jon


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