Hello,
I've spent the last 3 months building and sourcing components for my HTPC after being in a car accident and left house bound.
My system compiles of the following hardware:
I'm currently using the onboard sound and video. The onboard video has a component output too, which i use in conjunction with my DMTECH 26" LCD.
I bought the motherboard as i was curious about the HDTV/COMPONENT output, it seems ok but i can not get it quite as i expected to with my TV, i think it was more of a 'gimic' / selling point than anything of real performance.
I have been using Media Portal for about three days so far, i really do like it but i am having lots of problems. It seems to crash and give me the BSOD quite often, maybe i just need to give it some time and tweak my setup until it is a little bit more stable.
So what does everyone think of this system?
Any recommendations on upgrading?
JeromeF
I've spent the last 3 months building and sourcing components for my HTPC after being in a car accident and left house bound.
My system compiles of the following hardware:
- Thermaltake Mozart case with Media Lab (iMON Remote + SW)
- Intel Pentium D805 2.66GHz with stock cooling
- ASRock 775TWINS-HDTV motherboard
- K-World PCI 100 DVB-T
- 1Gb (2x512Mb) DDR333 Corsair Value memory
- Samsung Spinpoint 250Gb hard drive
- LG DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD drive
I'm currently using the onboard sound and video. The onboard video has a component output too, which i use in conjunction with my DMTECH 26" LCD.
I bought the motherboard as i was curious about the HDTV/COMPONENT output, it seems ok but i can not get it quite as i expected to with my TV, i think it was more of a 'gimic' / selling point than anything of real performance.
I have been using Media Portal for about three days so far, i really do like it but i am having lots of problems. It seems to crash and give me the BSOD quite often, maybe i just need to give it some time and tweak my setup until it is a little bit more stable.
So what does everyone think of this system?
Any recommendations on upgrading?
JeromeF