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allan harper said:
Reading some comments about windows 8 it's meant to be a bit shit and complicated, mainly only good for a touch screen pad thing.
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Exactly get Windows 7 and you love your high street shops. Online is the way to go these days long as its a reputable seller ebay and websites are fine. Fuck paying the high steet overheads.
 
Something along these lines will suit you fine:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/57026/Asus-Laptop-A54C-SX284S-Pentium-B950-2-1GHz-4GB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produ ... 2-1GHz-4GB</a>

260 snots

Please don't EVER bother with PC World, Currys, Argos etc. You can end up paying in excess of 25% more than a reputable online merchant.

If you have any questions over a particular model, post a link to it on here for people to check out

:)
 
Get Vuze and if you have a PS3 (not sure if it works for Xbox) then stream it through that, works great for me. If not just use a VGA lead and link from laptop to TV can buy them for a couple of quid at either ebay or Amazon. Good luck.
 
Thanks for all your help, I'm gonna sit down now and have a look at all your suggestions, looks like online buying is the preferred way. No wonder PC world always looks empty when I pass it.
 
You want reasonable gpu and ram i3 would be fine as cpu.

That said intel integrated graphics works just fine if all it is doing is playing the film and not transcoding to dvd compatible mpeg2 vob sets 24/7 also.

A good setup for playback is media player classic with coreavc or madvr and re-clock.
This is low on system resource usage helping your lappy live longer.
Beyond that it gives best picture quality.

Hdmi to tv or a streaming server would suit your playback needs.
As ts say's just stream it and save cash on dvdr's.

I have an old i3 6GB ddr3 somewhere that uses intel integrated graphics.
I'll put tversity on it and stream a hd file to my ps3 that needs transcoding on the fly and see how it performs.
I'll post results later.
 
I've got a network drive that streams films wirelessly from my router it was under 100 quid and its a 1000gb its fairly easy to set up you need to map the drive to each PC or laptop you watch on or just buy a DVD player with a USB port your telly might even have 1 then no encoding or anything just plug and play
 
allan harper said:
Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?
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looks the biz that Alan, go for it (although some techie know it all geeks on here will say its no good as its 8 gb ram, you only actually need 4) :)
 
talkativesprout said:
allan harper said:
Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?
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and more besides mate, you might find windows 8 i bit of a voyage of discovery :)
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looks the biz that Alan, go for it (although some techie know it all geeks on here will say its no good as its 8 gb ram, you only actually need 4) :)
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Calm down dear, no one said 8 would not do it, the know it all geeks would never say that :)
 
talkativesprout said:
talkativesprout said:
allan harper said:
Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?
Click to expand...

and more besides mate, you might find windows 8 i bit of a voyage of discovery :)
Click to expand...

looks the biz that Alan, go for it (although some techie know it all geeks on here will say its no good as its 8 gb ram, you only actually need 4) :)
Click to expand...

Calm down dear, no one said 8 would not do it, the know it all geeks would never say that :)
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I had a look at the tutorial for Windows 8 on you tube last night, I only managed to watch a few minutes but seemed pretty not so straight forward!
 
allan harper said:
Reading some comments about windows 8 it's meant to be a bit shit and complicated, mainly only good for a touch screen pad thing.
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I teach Win 8 all the time!

It's not rocket science and people that complain are just too lazy to see the benefits of the new system. These are IT ars*holes that are moaning as well!! Then they tend to spread that moan to ordinary people that then have a fear of using the system.

It really is beyond stupid...
 
Bigga said:
allan harper said:
Reading some comments about windows 8 it's meant to be a bit shit and complicated, mainly only good for a touch screen pad thing.
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I teach Win 8 all the time!

It's not rocket science and people that complain are just too lazy to see the benefits of the new system. These are IT ars*holes that are moaning as well!! Then they tend to spread that moan to ordinary people that then have a fear of using the system.

It really is beyond stupid...
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I can and do use win 8 all the time, i still think it is shit.
 
I work in a PC repair shop mate and we have had a few of these....
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ebuyer.com/442261-acer-aspire-v5-thin-and-light-laptop-nx-m4yek-010" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ebuyer.com/442261-acer-aspir ... -m4yek-010</a>

For the price they are very nice. Good processor, plenty of hard drive space, plenty of ram and also a HDMI port so you can plug it into your TV.

Be much better than burning DVD's all the time.

Download...
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html</a>

Download your film, plug in the HDMI cable and open up the film. Sorted.

Windows 8 is nice and easy to use imo, it just looks different.
You can download...<a class="postlink" href="https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu</a>
Which will give you back a more familiar looking windows.
 
talkativesprout said:
talkativesprout said:
allan harper said:
Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?
Click to expand...

and more besides mate, you might find windows 8 i bit of a voyage of discovery :)
Click to expand...

looks the biz that Alan, go for it (although some techie know it all geeks on here will say its no good as its 8 gb ram, you only actually need 4) :)
Click to expand...

Calm down dear, no one said 8 would not do it, the know it all geeks would never say that :)
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merely jesting luvy, hence my ikkle smiley wiley woo
 
The only reason i would have win 8 atm is for gaming reasons aka directx11.1. support which 7 will never get.

I'm happy with a custom stripped down win7 that i have ticking over at 720MB of ram @ idle with nothing running

The lappy CTID showed you would be perfect for you, nice cpu, nice ram, decent amount of space and would have no issue streaming playing back 1080i/p etc.

I would use mpc with madvr and re-clock though for playback.
 
Thanks for all your help on here and via pms, it's certainly a mind fucking experience buying a lap top especially not knowing what's what!

Anyway I've gone and bought one off eBay , a Commodore 64 bit thing, seemed dirt cheap too.

I'm thick but not that thick!

1x Lenovo IdeaPad G580 Laptop, Intel Celeron B830 DC 1.8GHz, 1TB HDD, 6GB RAM, 15.6" HD LED, DVDRW, Intel HD, Webcam, Bluetooth, Windows 8 64-bit - Blue
£300.06 inc vat
 
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