Completed My Little HTPC Baby (5 Viewers)

[mzemina]

Maybe you should mod your PC case with concrete!

Mike

 

[takingover]

Hi,

Here's an update of my system I've not been able to afford a new 32" LCD TV so my system is finally finished. MP is working like a dream the only thing is the best plugin around MyTVseries has got a few bugs in it and would be really good if someone was able to continue development. Anyway just thought i'd update you.

Jayson

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[guytpetj]

Cool, nice unit.

Talking about cool, how hot does it get inside the case, and how hot is the CPU running?

 

[takingover]

The case gets to about 40C and the CPU runs about 44C depending on what I'm doing. I have to added two extra 50mm fans inside to help cool the HDD's as they were producing so much heat.

Jay

 

[mzemina]

It looks like you are using a 4:3 skin, have you tried to use a 16:9 skin? If not, why not?

Mike

 

[takingover]

Yeah I'm using the basic 4:3 as my old TV was and just pluged the new widescreen in. Now trying to work out which is the best 16:9 skin to use, there's so many good ones.

Jay

 

[deebo]

the 1280x720 version of MCE is really nice, i like it better than the razor skin

 

[NLS]

I also use 4:3 B2, since you cannot really follow development if you don't have the "official" skin. I hope this changes soon.

Anyway, what resolution and frequency do you use? What connection to TV? Is there overscan?

 

[takingover]

I've got it connected via DVI with a resolution of 1366 x 768 @ 75Hz works like a dream. Love watching HD trailers and stuff on it.

Jay

 

[NLS]

a nice - good enough

I'll keep mine though