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TehFalcon

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Jan 6, 2011
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Alright So I Just bought a 1080p projector and screen for $200 at a garage sale. I Am looking to create a home theater with one of my macs, I Am usually good at doing this, but I'm lost. I Cant figure out how to be able to use my blu-ray player, along with my iMac 21.5 inch (2010) or with a Powermac G5, It seems like the powermac would be a better choice with its optical audio, but My AV Receiver blew, So I Am trying to use my iMac, or Powermac, as the AV Receiver, Currently I Setup My Audio Setup with an 3.5mm audio splitter thats plugged into the iMac, 1 output going to my Energy subwoofer, and the other output going to A 2.1 Logitech sound system across the room, and That has an additional output, going to another 2.0 sound system giving me in theory a 4.2 sound system setup to it, it sounds phenomenal, and the video is going from a mini dp, to dvi adapter, through dvi, to the Projector, onto the projection screen. I Would use HDMI, but i have no Mini DP to HDMI. Not sure if it would look better anyway. So I Have the video and the audio situation figured out, but I Am stuck playing dvd's on the superdrive, I'd like to use blu-ray, is there anyway to hook up a blu-ray player (not drive) and use it on the mac? thanks
 
Dude! Check out PLEX media center sofware. IF your machine is fast enough, you can playback bluray rips ".mkv" files(mp4 x.264 format).
 
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