Honestly anything with an HD 7750 GDDR5 1GB could easily run those movies.    So a $400 media PC would do it just fine. 

680 + 4k projector/monitor. Or a PS4!

I said I was kidding... but if people complained a lot about the "599 US Dollars" thing I believe they would think 1000 dollars isn't affordable at all.

And if it costs 1000 in the US it will cost above 2000 here xD

I think I spent around 1000 for my PC... and it just has an HD 6850, 4 GB DDR @1333 MHz and a i5 760 @2.88GHz... built it back in 2011 I think.

Not too bad. By the time 4k gets big that kind of system will probably be dirt cheap.

I want to ditch consoles and go over to Steam but the process of building a PC that will match the next consoles is just, too much money. In the long run, it'll save me money, sure. But I just don't have it up front.

The projector alone would cost a small fortune, haha. 4k is not anywhere in my immediate future, I can say that much with confidence.

This should compare with top of nextgen and beat WiiU. (didn't go into great detail so point out issues if there are)

Case: $22 (basic Gigabyte)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233072

MOBO: $60 (AM3+ Gigabyte)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128504

CPU: $105 (AMD FX-4100)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996

GPU: $100 (Sapphire AMD HD7750 1GB GDDR5)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Memory: $44 (Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104333

HDD: $50 (Samsung 250GB 7200RPM)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152226

DVD: $18 (ASUS DVD writer)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

PSU: $25 (generic 500W with 4SATA and 1PCI Express)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101011

TOTAL COST: $424.

That's $74 more than WiiU and about the same price as either of the other two, if not less. Of course you need to add OS which could more than likely be free or $50, depending... and a 360 controller for like $35.

You could also easily cut this down to WiiU levels and be ~$300.

You'd need a TB HDD minimum since PC gaming is by in large all DD.

If you buy bargain bin parts, especially Mobo and PSU, you better be expecting the whole thing to fail within 2 years.

That $500 PC I listed is easily strong than the next xbox (Based on rumors of course) and rivals or beats the PS4 depending on how optimized games get and if you overclock the PC's 7850 (Which you would be silly not to).