http://www.thermaltake.com.au/Products/Chassis/VH2001BNS/DH102.aspx
Hi all,
Loving MP on my standard p.c linked to plasma and seriosuly considering taking the plunge and building a dedicated HTPC.
Question 1.
would appreciate any opinions on the new (i think) Thermaltake DH102.
retails here for around $700 aus and with 7"...
http://www.thermaltake.com.au/Products/Chassis/VH2001BNS/DH102.aspx
Hi all,
Loving MP on my standard p.c linked to plasma and...
http://www.thermaltake.com.au/Products/Chassis/VH2001BNS/DH102.aspx
Hi all,
Loving MP on my standard p.c linked to plasma and...
MCE remote is working just fine with MP, so yes u can!
MCE remote is working just fine with MP, so yes u can!
Hi All,
I wanna build a movie server for streaming movies to my tv.
But my question is : do i need a keyboard and mouse or can...
Thanks.
Sounds like intel and a single 8800gt is worth considering. May ill buy a second one next year when hopefully their is more game support 4 it.
Thanks.
Sounds like intel and a single 8800gt is worth considering. May ill buy a second one next year when hopefully their is...
Motherboard: Always Asus - always reliable never failed me once
CPU: AMD - i like the brand
GPU: Nvidia
Memory: Geil - Great...
Hi, just to update regarding the Avermedia Hybrid Duo pci-e A177. I just put one in (only cost $A105) and got it working with the digital tuners. Will now add the analog side (I hope) and get it fully working. Will post the XML config when done.
Hi, just to update regarding the Avermedia Hybrid Duo pci-e A177. I just put one in (only cost $A105) and got it working with the...
Hi All!
First of all these forums have been a wealth of information over the past month in helping me put some specs together...
Codec or video card itself could be the source of issue. DVB card itself cannot cause such an error to the stream.
Codec or video card itself could be the source of issue. DVB card itself cannot cause such an error to the stream.
hello i have very much problems with my firedtv card.
sometimes i can watch tv for a couple minutes without any problem.
But...
I am tired of my old HTPC and going to get a new one. I have decided on probably the Antec Fusion case and I have a NOVA-S card for DVB. But besides that I am flexible on everything. The NOVA will be grabbing HD streams and I will be playing 1080p mkv files alot with CoreAVC codec. I will need HDMI and optical spidif. Can you please...
I am tired of my old HTPC and going to get a new one. I have decided on probably the Antec Fusion case and I have a NOVA-S card for...
I am tired of my old HTPC and going to get a new one. I have decided on probably the Antec Fusion case and I have a NOVA-S card for...
Big thanks to both of you!!
Will most probably go with MediaPortal, really cool it supports the emulators. Launching the browser from MyProgams is enough, will have a mouse and a keyboard. Seems the hibernate issue wont affect me since the HTPC will always be turned on (as it also acts as a server for my home network).
Big thanks to both of you!!
Will most probably go with MediaPortal, really cool it supports the emulators. Launching the browser...
Hello everyone,
This is not really a question about the hardware in my will-be HTPC, but I couldn't find anywhere else to put...
Yeah thanks..
This is what I have done on numerous occasions where I encountered the problem.
Didnt work for me this time though :(
I have a feeling if put the card in another PCI slot it may work I think that worked for me before
Yeah thanks..
This is what I have done on numerous occasions where I encountered the problem.
Didnt work for me this time...
Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help
Using vista 32 ultimate.
Card has been working fine for 12 months and its done...
Hi.
Good reading
Good luck! :)
Hi.
Good reading
Good luck! :)
hello i have a shuttle media center pc.
I have a new geforce fx 5200 into it.
I use s-video connection to connect it with my tv...
Yes, I know. I have an alphacrypt already working like this. Only it would be nice if a second firedtv or second other dvb receiver could use this same cam and subscriptioncard.
Yes, I know. I have an alphacrypt already working like this. Only it would be nice if a second firedtv or second other dvb receiver...
I have a Samsung DCB-P850Z cable box that has a single CAMcard holder but can tune/record 2 different channels at the same time...
I've recently decided to turn the machine I've been using as a file server, into a HTPC. I've spent the past few days digging through reviews on the web, including going through the different TV Tuners and Remotes on newegg. When I find one that I think will work for me, I find out something bad about it. I need help and a nudge in...
I've recently decided to turn the machine I've been using as a file server, into a HTPC. I've spent the past few days digging...
I've recently decided to turn the machine I've been using as a file server, into a HTPC. I've spent the past few days digging...
I would definitely loose flexible power management on the CPU, but the drives are another story. Since unRaid doesnt stripe the drives, all but the accessed drive can be spun down. As long as my directory structure is sound (ie i dont have movies spanning multiple drives) the power usage should be extremely low. Plus I can underclock...
I would definitely loose flexible power management on the CPU, but the drives are another story. Since unRaid doesnt stripe the...
So I have a copy of Server 2003 and have contemplated the linux route, but I just stumbled on what I see as the holy grail for...
I have searched all over internet in various forums and I get the impression that people who have tried both Nvidia 8800GT and AMD HD 3870/3850, give AMD the upper edge when it comes to picture quality regarding better colours, contrast, smoother video and sharper text handling and also the hdmi out. So I guess AMD makes better...
I have searched all over internet in various forums and I get the impression that people who have tried both Nvidia 8800GT and AMD...
I have searched all over internet in various forums and I get the impression that people who have tried both Nvidia 8800GT and AMD...
hakuna, I have not tried HD with this card, don't think it will work.
edit: this is with the 3040! Maybe possible with 3030?
hakuna, I have not tried HD with this card, don't think it will work.
edit: this is with the 3040! Maybe possible with 3030?
Is there anyone how are using this card "TWINHAN DTV DVB-T TER CI MANTIS 3030"?
Does it work ok? Any problems?
I'm going to build...
Sometimes that means a remote is included, but only if it is an MCE kit. I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE Bulk which does not have a remote.
The PVR-500 is a good dual tuner, which also comes in a MCE kit (with remote)
Sometimes that means a remote is included, but only if it is an MCE kit. I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE Bulk which does not have a...
Hi,
In the near future I'm building my first HTPC ( as many of you ).
But I need some hardware advise to continue selling my...
Yeah i liked the gigabyte board, just couldnt find it in stock anywere, the other board i considered was the abit AN-M2HD. Which is similar to the GB but has the NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV / nForce 630a.
That is a really nice case. I looked at 100's of cases most outside of my budget, lol. I really liked the hiper cases. Only trouble i...
Yeah i liked the gigabyte board, just couldnt find it in stock anywere, the other board i considered was the abit AN-M2HD. Which is...
Well Ive been wanting to build a htpc for a while now. Was going to use it for windows media centre, untill one fortunate day i...
thanks
thanks for everybodys input.. although i already order the parts. :(
The reason i dont go amd is because in all the CPU bench marks the intel equalivent whoops the AMD ass.
I ended up spending a bit more than normal, but i didnt buy a GFX card yet, i will upgrade later if its no good.
[And the htpc is low end for a NEW...
thanks
thanks for everybodys input.. although i already order the parts. :(
The reason i dont go amd is because in all the CPU...
Can I get everybodys opinions on this setup. Ive chosen most things for their price. the MOBO has to be a MicroATX to fit into the...
have you tried the mp basic? https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Skins/4:3/SimpleMPBeta4(MP0.2.3.0)/
It is simple and may be what you are looking for. Good luck :)
have you tried the mp basic? https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Skins/4:3/SimpleMPBeta4(MP0.2.3.0)/
It is simple...
Hi everyone. I hope this is the right forum for this. What I'm after is a basic theme for Media Portal that works well with the...
Hi
Is it normal to get a really bright picture when you connect the Pc to a standard TV?
Im setting up a HTPC on a CRT TV just to watch divx and H264 movies so my Tv cable is directly connected to the TV. SO when i choose to watch Tv i use the normal TV channels and the brightness is normal but when i use the channel that...
Hi
Is it normal to get a really bright picture when you connect the Pc to a standard TV?
Im setting up a HTPC on a CRT TV...
Hi
Is it normal to get a really bright picture when you connect the Pc to a standard TV?
Im setting up a HTPC on a CRT TV...
i use my floppyDTV with an TI (onboad) chipset and it works well
i use my floppyDTV with an TI (onboad) chipset and it works well
I know the FireDTV-cards had some issues with some different firewire-chipset... NEC for example...
Another FW-chipset i tried to...
I would recommend a tuner card from digital-everywhere. I have one FloppyDTV DVB-T and one FloppyDTV DVB-S2. Never been any issues, unless I was the wrong-doer :ooops:
And they work closely with the MP Dev team.
But do search the forums, there are lots of posts on this matter. Happy hunting.
I would recommend a tuner card from digital-everywhere. I have one FloppyDTV DVB-T and one FloppyDTV DVB-S2. Never been any issues...
Like some of you I migrated to MP from XBMC about a year ago. I am not sure where to post this question but was wondering what...
There is...but ATI has been demoing a new driver build that basically erases the difference between a 2400 and a 2600 with regard to HW acceleration for the various codecs involved in HD-DVD and BluRay.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071230-measuring-cpu-usage-during-hd-playback-ati-vs-nvidia.html
BTW, i believe use of...
There is...but ATI has been demoing a new driver build that basically erases the difference between a 2400 and a 2600 with regard...
I'm looking at setting up a MediaPortal-based HTPC instead of buying a HD-capable DVR.
Since I'll be powering a 1080p LCD screen, I...
Haha no problems im happy try and give something back :)
I don't think the bitrate is the deciding factor in all the cases. The video I was playing is only ~8Mb/s however it wouldn't play smoothly on my old system where as Blue Earth (720p) would play fine and thats ~24Mb/s
I think the deciding factor was the vid I was decoding...
Haha no problems im happy try and give something back :)
I don't think the bitrate is the deciding factor in all the cases. The...
I recently upgraded my HTPC to a E6550. It had more grunt than I required but was the slowest CPU at the store at the time. Not...
I am going to purchase two FloppyDtv cards and setup a media portal tvserver to stream to clients. I'm going to use Vista Ult 64bit and mdapi.
does anyone have any comments or advise before I spend another 300 bucks?
I am going to purchase two FloppyDtv cards and setup a media portal tvserver to stream to clients. I'm going to use Vista Ult 64bit...
I am going to purchase two FloppyDtv cards and setup a media portal tvserver to stream to clients. I'm going to use Vista Ult 64bit...
Well, the 3 sata HDD RAID 5 system is 80MB/s, faster than my single PATA drive (50MB/s)
So it's good enough for recording, playing...
I tested the performances with HD tach
Well, the 3 sata HDD RAID 5 system is 80MB/s, faster than my single PATA drive (50MB/s)
So it's good enough for recording...
I have ordered some hardware to build my own htpc.
case : Cooler Master 281
mother board : Abit AN-M2HD
tuner : hauppauge HVR...
i called samsung and they responded that it should not tick at all. I got a little worse today when i decided to do a defrag to test the drive out. The Hutil wont work for some reason. Utility comes back and says it is out of mem after creating the boot cd. I did a system checkdisk and it found nothing wrong...
The annoying thing...
i called samsung and they responded that it should not tick at all. I got a little worse today when i decided to do a defrag to...
Does anyone else who has this hard disk have issues with head parking noise. It may be the accoustics of my case but it seems to...
Hi, I was just wondering if this Geniatech Usb DVB-S Satbox is compatible with mediaportal and is able to pick up the hdtv signals on bev82? Also how does it compare to the twinhan starbox? Thanks!!
Hi, I was just wondering if this Geniatech Usb DVB-S Satbox is compatible with mediaportal and is able to pick up the hdtv signals...
Hi, I was just wondering if this Geniatech Usb DVB-S Satbox is compatible with mediaportal and is able to pick up the hdtv signals...
Apart from slightly faster channel switching, I don't think TVE3 is much of an improvement for me, since I only use single seat. I'll stick with TVE2 for now.
Apart from slightly faster channel switching, I don't think TVE3 is much of an improvement for me, since I only use single seat...
This is not an MP issue, but just plain Windows XP. When I first start the htpc, I can enter standby (S3 or S4, no problem)...
I was confronted with this decision recently and opted for a 37" Samsung. The 32" models were so close to the 37" ones in price, that 32" didn't seem to make sense. I have a much smaller viewing distance than you, but there is a new stream of thought that with increasing resolution, the ratio of viewing distance to screen size...
I was confronted with this decision recently and opted for a 37" Samsung. The 32" models were so close to the 37" ones in price...
I'm planning on buying a new LCD TV. The problem I encountered is, that
the guy in the shop told me that it would be much better...
Hello all,
I'm thinking of updating my HTPC to add a projector.
I currently use an old ATI 9700 pro with powerstrip, outputing a custom 1024x576i signal to an analog PAL TV (via custom VGA->SCART lead)
I want to add a projector in *addition* to this - so that I can use the TV for normal viewing and switch the projector on just...
Hello all,
I'm thinking of updating my HTPC to add a projector.
I currently use an old ATI 9700 pro with powerstrip, outputing...
Hello all,
I'm thinking of updating my HTPC to add a projector.
I currently use an old ATI 9700 pro with powerstrip, outputing...