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#119597 7-Jun-2013 09:14
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Folks, I'm thinking we should merge the HTPC and the Home Theatre forums.

Anyone with strong feelings one way or another?




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  #832025 7-Jun-2013 09:47
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Not strong feelings, but think they're still fairly distinct topics. Can you do subforums? Maybe make HTPC a subform of Home Theater? Home theatre to me is more consumer oriented.





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  #832027 7-Jun-2013 09:50
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HTPC is effectively only a source so by default it is a subset of home theatre anyway, sounds logical to me

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  #832070 7-Jun-2013 09:58
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Make it so.



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  #833685 10-Jun-2013 18:04
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Sorry to be the first dissenting voice but I kind of like them separate. The fact that a HTPC is a source for a home theatre would mean that TiVo freeview and even gaming forums should also be included in the home theatre forum.
What has changed over time I guess is that home theatre components are all much smarter and can do more and as such have encroached on the flexibility that an HTPC has always provided.




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#833722 10-Jun-2013 19:06
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personally no objections as to me I feel they are closely related.  Whenever I want to check on HTPC topics I search both the HTPC and Home Theater forums. 




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  #833778 10-Jun-2013 21:21
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I'm a bit old fashioned so I'm interested in TV and audio but I don't really 'get' HTPC.

Having said that it's not really a big deal if they merge as I can skip over threads that don't interest me just as I do in other broad based forums.

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  #833798 10-Jun-2013 22:20
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I'm struggling to see the point to be honest, as I view them as being so very different.
When it was requested for a dedicated 'show us your home theatre system' thread to be set up, the 'show us your HTPC' thread was re-opened. Which, mainly consists of pictures of peoples computers. Not their amplifiers / speakers / interconnects / projectors / control systems as I would have expected...
I'm with alasta - HT is about video and audio, HTPC is about computer operating systems and TV tuning cards. Whilst there is cross pollination, I don't know if it runs that deep.

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  #834107 11-Jun-2013 12:33
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Keep them separate.

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  #834378 11-Jun-2013 18:28
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Separate

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  #834379 11-Jun-2013 18:28
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But then again i'm resistant to change *sigh

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  #834419 11-Jun-2013 19:24
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separate, but feel free to merge freeview with home theatre.




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  #834425 11-Jun-2013 19:29
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I'd probably lean towards separate; the EPG board looks pretty quiet, maybe merge that into one of the others?




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  #834450 11-Jun-2013 20:14
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Separate.






 

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