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<blockquote data-quote="VidarParry" data-source="post: 154473" data-attributes="member: 47030">Hi all,Still battling with the design for my HTPC, but nearly ready to commit!Love MediaPortal - especially the networking approach!Only concern I have now is that my TV only has Component, DVI, VGA and s-Video for video input, and I'm at a loss as to which is best. My AV Receiver only takes component video, so I'm hoping that my HTPC will send the video direct to the TV monitor, with the audio via optical to the AV Receiver.So my questions are:a) Is this configuration workable, eg with no lip synch problems?b) Which is the best video connection - Component, DVI, VGA or s-Video?c) A strong influence on b) - what video card would be best?Proposed configuration:Intel S775 Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86GHz CPUIntel S775 DG965WHMKR Core 2 Duo VIIV MotherboardDDR2 1GB 667MHz RAM80GB Seagate 7200rpm 8M Serial ATA HDD (for OS - XP Pro SP2)320GB HDD IDE for dataHaupPage dual TV tuner 500Silverstone LC17-S Home Theatre Case Silver (No PS)Thermaltake XP550 NP 430 Watt ATX Power Supply OEMMicrosoft Wired Desktop 500 Keyboard and MousePioneer DVR-212D 18xDVD DL Burner SATA BlackIntegrated Gigabit Network ConnectionCheers...Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VidarParry, post: 154473, member: 47030"] Hi all, Still battling with the design for my HTPC, but nearly ready to commit! Love MediaPortal - especially the networking approach! Only concern I have now is that my TV only has Component, DVI, VGA and s-Video for video input, and I'm at a loss as to which is best. My AV Receiver only takes component video, so I'm hoping that my HTPC will send the video direct to the TV monitor, with the audio via optical to the AV Receiver. So my questions are: a) Is this configuration workable, eg with no lip synch problems? b) Which is the best video connection - Component, DVI, VGA or s-Video? c) A strong influence on b) - what video card would be best? Proposed configuration: Intel S775 Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86GHz CPU Intel S775 DG965WHMKR Core 2 Duo VIIV Motherboard DDR2 1GB 667MHz RAM 80GB Seagate 7200rpm 8M Serial ATA HDD (for OS - XP Pro SP2) 320GB HDD IDE for data HaupPage dual TV tuner 500 Silverstone LC17-S Home Theatre Case Silver (No PS) Thermaltake XP550 NP 430 Watt ATX Power Supply OEM Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 Keyboard and Mouse Pioneer DVR-212D 18xDVD DL Burner SATA Black Integrated Gigabit Network Connection Cheers ...Steve [/QUOTE]

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