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I am looking to get some suggestions for a very budget HTPC I am putting in my living room. I have used the following specs to run Hulu and Netflix decently on a 42†at 1280x720. Netflix works just fine but Hulu not so much.
Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood
2 GB DDR 400 Ram
Nvidia FX 5200 256MB
Do you suppose Hulu’s lagging has more to do with my hardware or with Hulu’s servers? I’d like to scrap these parts and build new with an HDMI out but I’m trying to keep it cheap so please don’t suggest a new build unless absolutely necessary. If there is one part that I could upgrade that would help which part would it be?
On a side note I don’t play any high def content through the box or even DVDs, I just stream from the net.
Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood
2 GB DDR 400 Ram
Nvidia FX 5200 256MB
Do you suppose Hulu’s lagging has more to do with my hardware or with Hulu’s servers? I’d like to scrap these parts and build new with an HDMI out but I’m trying to keep it cheap so please don’t suggest a new build unless absolutely necessary. If there is one part that I could upgrade that would help which part would it be?
On a side note I don’t play any high def content through the box or even DVDs, I just stream from the net.