Completed HTPC Build - Antec Fusion 430 (Black) (1 Viewer)

[Bascombe]

this is way off from the original topic I guess, but in looking at your pics Justchill, it seems like you're connecting the htpc to a crt tv, and not an lcd/plasma. Is this right? if so, what connections are you using, and what's the image quality like? I ask as I'm still firmly in crt land, but would love to move to using mediaportal - however, having gotten used to a pretty darn good image via rgb scart from an xcard, I'm reluctant to go back to using svideo or similar.

Cheers,

Bascombe

 

[Justchill]

Hi Bascombe,

you have noticed it right. I've made a VGA to SCART cable. It's connected to the HD3200 of the 780G motherboard. The SCART also contains the audio
More details are here: VGA-TV
You will have to use powerstrip to make it work.

The colours are pretty good; it's the best analog connection you can have actually. Although some tweaking is necessary and the contrast is standard too high. However I haven't compared it with an LCD TV...

 

[Bascombe]

Looks pretty good - how well does it integrate into mediaportal (the walkthrough seems to make use of media player classic), and do you encounter any problems with playing different types of video - do you need to launch different powerstrip configurations, or is it a case of once you do the initial configuring, it'll work with anything you throw at it?

Cheers,

Bascombe

 

[Justchill]

or is it a case of once you do the initial configuring, it'll work with anything you throw at it?

Like that.. you just set the "desktop resolution" and colours and you're done..

 

[Bascombe]

Good to know - cheers for the info!

Bascombe

 

[Justchill]

Armandp,

I RSS-subsribed to your blog; however posting seems impossible:

This blog is in "Emergency Comment Blockage Mode", please come back another time
Your comment could not be added because comments for this entry have either been disabled, you entered invalid data, or your comment was caught by anti-spam measurements.

Also why do you have to enter a spam-proof code _twice_ ?

 

[armandp]

I'm new to this blog software (serendipity) i will change the configuration - thanks for reporting.

edit: should be fixed now, can you try again I appreciate the feedback

 

[ozwombat]

I have used the same Antec case as yours armandp but i am having trouble with the display settings in CybrDisplay. It is working correctly but i can't seem to balance the Brightness and Contrass correctly. Any chance of a few screen shots of the settings.

Cheers

 

[armandp]

I have used the same Antec case as yours armandp but i am having trouble with the display settings in CybrDisplay. It is working correctly but i can't seem to balance the Brightness and Contrass correctly. Any chance of a few screen shots of the settings.

Cheers

I will get you a screenshot

edit: not exactly a screenshot but i took this values from the configuration xml (can't login now to the machine but i can access the share )

Backlight="29" (brightness?)
Contrast="35"

try these settings and tell me how they work out for you.

 

[ozwombat]

Thanks for that, much better then what i was getting