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In essence: should I stay with two TivoHDs, upgrade to a pair of Tivo Premieres, get the Comcast DVR, or build an Win7 HTPC with extender? Wife Approval Factor must be met, since she manages the TV schedules
I've been using Tivo since 2006; before that...
Started by ShoutingMan on
, 30 posts
by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at tivocommunity):
The wife uses the Tivo, but only for watching live TV (I love thread over at the Home Theater Computer section at the AVSForums for recommended components to build in my home....
To the HTPC with Windows Media Center.
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Disclaimer: This guide is for building a simple, basic home theater PC. This is a great guide for someone building their first HTPC or wanting to build a simple and relatively affordable HTPC. My picks are usually not the absolute cheapest so if you are...
Started by assassin on
, 30 posts
by 17 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at avsforum):
WHS – Storage Server Challenge
Amahi, an alternative to Windows Home Server With Amahi [Linux]Amahi Home Server – The Free Alternative to Windows Home Server?
Amahi Home Digital of Installing....
SnapRAID
FreeNAS vs.
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For those seriously fedup/lost with the ATI MMC and run W2Ksp4 or XPsp2 then you should try MEDIAPORTAL. .NET 2.x has to be installed.
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/sh...ad.php?t=11531
Open source,daily updates if ...
Started by SciDoctor on
, 30 posts
by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rage3d):
It pops up a window with the title "Nero TV tuner cards by MediaPortal:
* Analog Hardware Encoding
* Analog Software Encoding
* DVB-C (CableI tryed MEDIAPORTAL with AIW ....
Tool crashes aready at the page trying to find tv channels.
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Running 64-bit Windows 7 RTM (from TechNet) on a Gigabyte GA-EP-45-UD3P motherboard with an Intel Core2Duo E8400 and 8GB RAM installed. The video card is a Gigabyte PCI-e 16X card based on the ATI HD4850 chipset. The display is an 23 inch Apple Cinema...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at microsoft):
I have Windows 7 x64, 4 GB RAM that we can't even get adsl down the phone line so there's no way in ____ we've got cable TV the tuner will cause media....
The tuner will cause media center to lock up while the TV signal stutters.
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Hey all,
I had my computer working with Windows XP, but I don't know what I'm doing with Windows 7.
I have an Asus ATI Radeon 3600 HD video card.
It has a dongle to output component video. I was able to get 1920x1080i as well as 1280x720p with Windows...
Started by Brian B on
, 29 posts
by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at avsforum):
- In all the rooms, install a $90 WD TV Live SMP or $300 to your tv likely has very poor EDID restrictions which Windows 7 interprets as the highest is the advantage of switching....
One) and run XBMC on main Home Theater.
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 14:40:59 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com
I'm in the final throes of buying something to connect to my HDTV so I
can view streaming internet video from HULU and other sites. Originally
I considered getting a base...
Started by Lloyd Parsons on
, 32 posts
by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Vista Home Premium or
Windows XP Media Center were the only choices that work with everything HD
Windows Vista Home Premium
Supposed to ship on 5/24 - this is my first time order with Dell, makes things more....
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I have recently upgraded my HTPC with these specs
abit I-N73HD (nForce 630i chipset using GeForce 7100 onboard graphics via VGA/HDMI. Realtek HD Audio via Optical S/PIDF. Gigabit Ethernet)
E2180 Pentium Dual-Core
2GB G-SKILL PC6400
500GB Western Digital...
Started by osanekun on
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by 11 people.
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Are there any particular settings on the bluray?
Do you get 5... .
With built-in 5.1 surround audio (AC3) pass-through capabilities, the new GPUs working on both my HTPC build as well as the HP Slimline i have.
Or home theater system.
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Ave,
Aside from building (or buying) your own HTPC; is there any device in the market that supports full 3D Blu-ray ISO playback? A media player or a blu-ray player (with iso playback from HDD capabilities)?
I've been contemplating building a 3D HTPC ...
Started by mickey79 on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at avsforum):
That way you can program it in your universal remote that controls the rest of your home theater tried to get BD ISO's to play....
At least thats the way I see it
On a rant: You should have tried .
home theater system - period.
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Several years ago I used to troll around on the AVSforum as I was learning about plasma displays, scalers, DVRs, etc. But what I've always really wanted was an HTPC that did the things I needed in one box. A week ago I ran across a link to the SiliconDust...
Started by BillBragg on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at avsforum):
Although I haven't yet using component video for the distribution and HDMI for the local displays in the home theater and projector in the ....
Running Windows Vista Home Premier, which means it also has WMC installed.
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The RAID 5-protected large-capacity ReadyNAS makes a perfect storage solution for HDTV recording. Available consumer-level HDTV DVRs currently don't have a standard network storage interface, so if you want HDTV recording that can expand beyond the internal...
Started by yoh-dah on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at readynas):
Vista will support cable card, but only thorugh "authorized OEM products." It's unclear if this means extend the TV....
Windows XP.
If you're interested in viewing/interfacing with that software on a TV via remote control.
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