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10-30-2004, 09:45 AM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Poland, OH
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Who all here also has a HTPC?
I usually download TV ep's that I miss and then burn them to VCD... Well last night I was out of CDR's so I thought to myself... Why not just output the video from my laptop to my TV... The picture was way better then a VCD and 10 times easier.. So then I thought I should just build a HTPC for a permanant solution..
Questions.. Who all here has one? What are the specs (components and what not)? Did you build them inside a shell home theater equipment (receiver case or what not)?
Now I know there are a lot of HTPC forums but I just wanted to get some info from everyone here first...
Thanks! 
Last edited by tbird2340; 10-30-2004 at 11:15 AM.
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10-30-2004, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Miami, FL
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heck I have 2 of them, but mine are just normal pc cases, one of them is a P4 1.5 with a ATI Radeon 9800 all in wonder, the 2nd one is a P3 1Ghz which I am just using a scan converter on. The P4 records DVD quality movie perfectly. The P3 is pretty much only good for playing mp3's and movies.
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10-30-2004, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Southwest UK
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Me! Just to match the car.
Silverstone case, AMD64 processor / ASUS Mobo, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600, SB Platinum, WiFi.
Got my Laptop back from my ex and the desktop was going to waste, so shelled it for the HTPC.
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10-30-2004, 07:20 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Now that I've got the bug for carPCs I'm starting to talk my g/f into HTPC. I'm glad you started this thread. I'm gonna start looking into forums for HTPC to get my info like I did in here. Any suggestions for a good, informative forum like this one?
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10-30-2004, 07:23 PM
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10-30-2004, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Thanks for the links. Looks like I'm gonna be up for a few nights of reading.
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10-30-2004, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
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yeah it's very addicting, it's about as bad as carpc's 
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10-30-2004, 11:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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I use my modded Xbox, works great 
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10-31-2004, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Quote: Originally Posted by migel628
I use my modded Xbox, works great
I will be using my XBox for a while until I can save up for a HTPC. The CarPC stole the contents of my wallet
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10-31-2004, 04:17 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Poland, OH
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Are there any other links or forums for HTPC? The meedio link is just software and the AVS link is TOOOO much... It talks about EVERYTHING under the sun... I was wondering if there was a website like this that is strictly about carputers...
How much of a PC do you need to record TV shows or play MP3's and what not??
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10-31-2004, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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11-01-2004, 03:18 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Poland, OH
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What does everyone use their's for? I'm thinking of using mine to possibly record TV shows and then play them back.
How good of a sound card do you need? Then do you just get a cable that plugs into your line output of your soundcard and then turns into RCA's to go to your TV?
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11-01-2004, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Miami, FL
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I use mine for recording shows, playing MP3's, playing divx movies, checking the weather and getting movie showtimes for the theater. I use a Live 5.1 card in mine only because my receiver has a dolby digital input and I watch alot of divx movies that have 5.1 sound. But you could just use a regular sound card with a 1/8" to RCA adapter.
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11-01-2004, 06:35 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Poland, OH
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Do you have yours output to a TV?
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11-01-2004, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Miami, FL
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Yeah, thats why I use the ATI AIW 9800 because it has video in and out. Some people say it sucks compared to some cards but i've been more than happy with it.
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