So I am stepping into the realm of HTPC for real.
A lot of info so bare with me.

I have a HDHomerun Prime installed and working (somewhat still get random pixilation issues even over hardline)
So now I need to buy a new(er) larger TV. I also need to buy a home audio system other than the cruddy...

My cousin got a new TV for Christmas. The television has two HDMI ports, a component port, and a coaxial port.

She has a Wii (component), a VCR (composite), and a cable box (coax). As such she's having to switch back forth when she wants to play games or watch movies.

I'm thinking I can connect...

I thought it would be cool to get an under counter flip up/down TV for the kitchen and connect an Echo to it. However, I cannot find a single under counter TV that has an HDMI input. They all just have coaxial and analog inputs. How 1990's is that? Has anyone ever seen such a product before?

Hi everyone,

Hope this is the right forum. After spending many hours and dollars on getting my HTPC setup working ( working :P), I was wondering if I should put some kind of power protection on my equipment. I got a storage server with 12 hard drives, an HTPC, and AVR. Do you guys use a UPS and/or...

Hi all

I have an ASRock Vision HT 321B running Windows 7 hooked into a Panasonic TC-P50U50 via HDMI. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how best to connect the system to an audio receiver.

I just got a new turntable and bought a pair of nice bookshelf speakers. My next purchase is...

I searched these forums, but I didn't find any talk about ZVOX, so I figured I'd throw in my 2 cents.
We have a 32 Samsung in the Living Room (bigger toys are in the basement :D ). We found the speakers on the samsung were pretty weak when we were trying to watch a flick or a concert DVD, etc....

So currently I have an HT-CT100 from sony and i absolutely love it... however I am moving and I figure that means I will need to reconfigure and why not buy a new sound bar.

I will be hooking it up to my Panasonic TC-P55S30

Some pre-reqs:
Must have 3D passthrough
Must fill my 500sq ft...

I was just at my local costco, and it seemed like the flat screen tv diagonal sizes have been getting smaller. For example, a screen advertised at 46 a few years ago seems to be advertised as a 55 screen size now. I used to look at a 55 screen and think wow, thats huge, I don't need something that...

I was wondering the other day... most movies nowadays are not actually 16:9, they are 1.85:1 or 2.39:1, a lot wider than normal aspect ratio of our tv screens. As a result, we end up with black bars on the top and bottom of our screens. But are these movies really 1080p? Or more accurately phrased,...

Or maybe not.

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent that allows users to skip unwanted audio and video broadcast segments such as commercials with on-device content like songs, podcasts or other media, possibly hinting at technology headed to the battle for the living room.

Apple's aptly...

My father's PVR broke recently and he wanted a unit that would enable him to copy onto disks if required. He is going to be getting this Panasonic device after I spent quite a while struggling to find something that would enable that:

However, reading through the review made me think how close...

Guys I'm wanting to get into bit streaming audio direct to my receiver as of right now I run everything through Windows 7 media center. However, I'm concerned about the video card I'm thinking about using I have a Radeon HD 6670 that I'm not currently using. I must ask you guys what do you think of...

Hi folks. I know this is an unlikely scenario, but I'm hoping that someone out there has managed to change the Lipsync settings on their Yamaha AVR using the YNC or YNCA protocol via TCP/IP.

The remote control that comes with the AVR does not have buttons to increase/decrease the Lipsync delay....

My 5-6 year old Sony receiver causes constant HDCP Support Required errors in WMC7. Do you all have any basic AV receivers that you like that will do audio/video over hdmi or optical that plays nice with WMC7? I'd really like to get surround sound back.

I am making the jump and cutting the cord on cable. I am up and running but not sure how to add my receiver and speakers to the mix. I'm hopeful someone on this forum can give me some help figuring this out.

I'm running vista media center on this computer (Acer Aspire X1300)

I would like to...

As media center users, we pride ourselves in fitting all of our equipment into a single box. And yet, for many of us, right next to the sleek consolidated HTPC is a huge boxy AV Receiver. I was wondering if anyone knows of a small form factor AV Receiver that can do decent surround sound, but also...

Hi,
I need advice about upgrading our media system. I just found the Green Button (Fantastic site!) and plan to spend time learning all I can. In the meantime, my current ideas for an upgrade are:

HP Pavilion h8-1273c computer (see below for specs) and a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime, with three...

Is there anyone who uses HDMI to drive their TV with 1920x1080 at 50Hz (UK, Europe), or with 1920x1080 at 60Hz (USA, Canada)? If you do, what graphics card and TV are you using?

The reason I ask this is that my Nvidia 8600GTS connected to my Toshiba 32WL56 allows me to choose 1920x1080, but does...

EDIT: This was operator error read my last post for details

I recently upgraded my home receiver to an onkyo rc360 so now everything switches wonderfully through the receiver instead of the mess that I had prior.

I've found an issue that I can't seem to figure out. Wondered if anyone has seen...

Ok, I'm on a roll trying to work out all the little bugs in my setup..
so far I am doing pretty good with your help here...First off thanks all for your input..
I have a Sony KDL-46Z4100 (older HDTV)
Basically What I would like it to do is go into standby mode after a few minutes of inactivity. My...

I recently traded in my 2 cable boxes for a Ceton InfiniTV 4 and now all my recordings are copy protected.
I formerly used a pair of Hauppauge HD PVR and was able to record to DVD as a 1080i Blu ray disk using the component output exploit. I'm contemplating using the second HDMI output on my...

Hi guys

Wondering if anyone has used a harmony 200 on media entre duties
Seen the 300i and have a 680 but the 680 is on it's last legs and wanted so something that I did not have to change the batteries every couple of weeks so was figuring that without the screen it might not eat juice.
Got kids...

I have a Vizio VO42OE tv with VGA input and two Acer A221HQV monitors.

I have the resolution on my laptop VGA out set to 1920x1080. When I plug the Vizio TV into the VGA output it fills the screen perfectly, everything looks wonderful. The problem: when I plug a StarTech ST128L 8-way VGA...

The new set I bought for the bedroom is 3D but I'll never use it so I don't need the glasses that came with the set. If anyone here needs/wants them you have first shot before I put them on Ebay.

Not sure if the boards are international, but if anyone in the UK is thinking about swapping to the new Virgin Media V HD box (or V Box HD), I can tell you that it works.

The Box is a Cisco 4585HD, also know as a Scientific Atlanta 4585 HD. It will run box HDMI and Scart out at the same time, and...

I'm looking at getting one of these. Anyone have one & can share their thoughts? This will be my first LED TV and we have a budget that I'm already going over just in looking at this.

Thoughts?

Thanks!