Forum: Home Theatre PCs Builds

here's my HTPC setup. this is my entertainment hub. TV, DVR, DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix streaming, Music, Video game, all in one setup. The speakers are JBL Stadium, Voice, Balcony, and woofer series. close up TV is Samsung LN-4695D 46" 1080P (S-PVA panel.

Now that Netflx service is available online in Canada I plan to buy a Blu-ray player to stream the HDMI output into the 4-way HDMI switch ahead of my 40" HDTV. The Netflx Canada operator gave me a list of 8 Samsung models of which the BD 6900 is one. None of these currently have the necessary...

Full REVIEW: **********************.pcstats**********/articleview.cfm?articleID=2537 If you're a technology geek it's hard not to get excited the first time you hear about 3D TV. It's one of those amazing Jetsons-esque technologies that seems like we'd never quite get to, along with hover cars and robot butlers....

Well I'll kick things off here... I've been using MediaPortal for quite some time, so I figured it's best to put up a post about it. Basically it's Windows Media Center, but open source so it's packing quite a few more features, along with numerous plugins to add further functionality. It...

Any one heard about this new card from Ceton, its a Cable Card Reader, and has 4 Digital Tuners, The cable cards you rent from the Cable company are capable of having 6 digital Cable Streams, so this card is like having 4 STB boxes in your PC through 1 cable card, i cant wait, already pre ordered...

ever since i got my HTPC to output bitstream directly to my receiver in DTS-HD Master, Dolby TrueHD, i decided to just run the whole system's audio through HDMI for 100% of the time. i gotta say... WOW..... i never knew how much i was missing until now. i mean i had a great soundcard before,...

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What else would I need as I ahve a Q6600, Asus Rampage Extreme, 2Gb Ram, a few hard drives and was wondering what else would I need to get to make it into a HTPC? Suggestions please :)

What's the best one out there that works with Win7/Vista? Is it this Hauppauge TV Tuner Card? I would like to start off with something simple and get my server/folding rig with a TV tuner card so I can watch TV on my monitor and get rid of my boat anchor of a TV ... :p