My tweets

• Wed, 15:22: The New York Times: When Robert F. Kennedy Told an Indianapolis Crowd of King’s Assassination. https://t.co/LfHI9nWqDx
• Wed, 21:39: Do you want to move to Indianapolis, and not have much stuff? https://t.co/1w25VDtf1H
• Thu, 08:38: Living in Indianapolis means giggling madly whenever Waze thinks to warn you, "Watch out! Pothole on road ahead!"
• Thu, 08:41: Breakfast! A little outside my usual neighborhood, but I was in this part of town and still had some balance on tha… https://t.co/OUs0Iv9AJj
• Thu, 08:57: The sign is lying through its teeth, but it's supposed to be opening soon... (@ Ballard Computes LLC in Indianapoli… https://t.co/42CTMoW1A0
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Seeking recommendations for cheap media laptop

The computer repair guy I took my battered old MSi laptop to doesn't think it's worth fixing. But I don't have a lot of money too put into a laptop, so I'm hoping I can get something that will do what I need cheaply.

I'm looking for a very cheap laptop to serve as a low-budget home theater PC for the bigscreen TV I have downstairs (and occasional mobile writing device). The sole requirements are that it be powerful enough to handle 1080p video (both streamed, and played via the USB Blu-ray drive I already own) and that it have an HDMI-out port.

I'm hoping to spend no more than $100 to $150 or so on it, which seems feasible given that the MSi cost $400 6 years ago. I'm not averse to buying surplus, though I'll also check Fry's this weekend but doubt they'll have anything cheap enough.

Any suggestions?