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I'm thinking about moving my TV above the fireplace. Currently my HTPC is in my entertainment center, connecting a USB IR receiver is no issue. In this new plan I would have the HTPC tucked away in another room. Anyone have a discrete IR extender solution that they like? I don't think the...

I have blu ray rips and shows on my unraid server that I want to watch on my tv's. I purchased a few inexpensive PC's and added an nvidia gt430 to them. Trying to figure out if I could get by with a 360 for the last room that I need to supply media center to. I was going to buy this PC today...

If you check back at the old TGB, you'll see I always made a note to comment on how much I really wanted HDMI-CEC on an HTPC. There is simply no reason why it shouldn't be there. The HDMI is already there. The software exists (See toshiba or sony laptops), just no one has implemented it at a...

OK, so I have one 7MC home made cable box build under my belt; after using it for six months or so, I'm building Mark II. This one will have two Cetons, and as such will have more than one large hard drive for the Recorded TV folder.

What method should I use to present a single large piece of...

I'm planning to run two HDMI cables from my TV to my equipment closet. One HDMI for 7MC, the other for any other device I need to connect.

Rather than run component, S-Video and whatever else I may need I'm hoping I can get a converter box for my HDMI.

Here is an example setup, it appears to be...

Has anybody messed with timing/delay to improve on the button action? What settings helped you?

I have a 2008-vintage Mitsubishi DLP TV that supports 3D natively but only in the checkerboard format. Thankfully Mitsubishi launched their 3D converter box (3DA-1, or 3DC-1000 for the start kit with glasses, they're the same hardware) a little while ago that supports SBS (LR/TB) and frame packing...

Does anyone use the Logitech Harmony One remote? I have this remote and it works perfectly except for the clock on the remote's screen. The time seems to drift after a day. Syncing the remote to the computer corrects the time, but after a few days, the time is inaccurate.

I found a thread on the...

I use an XBOX extender for the living room, but I want to put a big TV in the bedroom too, where the server is located. Whats the best way to do this?

I have 2 monitors already, but I guess I would need another video card and put the TV on that one. But how do I get Media Center to always display...

Help please,
I have a newer Hp desktop dedicated to running media center that has a ceton cable card,
I’m using the HDMI output for sound and video.
But I want to (at the same time as my HDMI output is running have an analog audio output and a composite output.
Can I purchase an additional video...

I am looking for a capture device that Media Center will recognize as a tuner so I can archive my old Home VHS Camcorder Tapes. Does anyone know one that they have confirmed works with media center?

I raised this in another thread , but rather than continue sidetracking that thread, I thought I might try and get some further help here in a new dedicated thread...

The background is that the playback behaviour of TMT5 has changed with the latest release. Instead of adopting the refresh setting...

Hi Guys,

just wondering if anyone has tried this or know if its possible.

there is a onabard hdmi which I am not usingm I have a 2nd graphic card connected direct to tv for picture,

what I was hoping to do was use the onboard hdmi connected to amp for HD AUDIO

any tips?

Anyone try the Cideko Wireless Air Keyboard. This is the little mini keyboard that has gyroscopic stuff built-in for mouse movement. Seems to have good reviews on newegg and amazon. I just ordered one from Meritline. This thing:

I just tried a Gear Head Wireless Touch keyboard. It was ok. Range...

Looking to get a quiet mechanical drive to use as a Tvbuffer/recorded tv drive as I dont want to use the SSD for this task. Dont record much TV so size unimportant, just need it to be quiet and cool.

Any suggestions??

Recently, I dropped my cable/satellite TV service and have been learning to live with OTA and online videos services. I am using a HP Windows XP Media Center PC connected to a 60 HDTV Plasma via VGA. The PC has a 3.0Ghz processor and 2GB of RAM. I want to upgrade for HDTV picture and sound while...

Hi

My friend is buying a new AVR and 5.1 speakers he wants to connect his Virgin Cable STB up to the AVR, this is easy connect the Virgin box to the AVR via HDMI and then have the monitor out HDMI from the AVR connect to the TV, this would mean when he watches cable TV the AVR needs to be on and...

Guys,
I just wanted to see what the consensus is about perhaps running WHS, in a virtual machine, running on my WMC7 HTPC? Since the HTPC is already on all the time.. would it kill the HTPC(performance wise)? Granted I know a separate machine would be best.. but I'm thinking more of my idle power...

I recently replaced a faulty EVGA GT430 with a Galaxy GT430, and the screen remains blanks when the HTPC is on when I turn on the home theater components (only tried it once when coming out of sleep, and it seemed to work). I have a Sony STR-DG820 AVR and Panasonic TC-P58S2, with HDMI through the...

I'm runing windows 7 32bit media centre. It has been working great for years, but the last few days the remote is only working 1 out of 5 presses. I have tried fresh batteries, another remote (which works perfect on my media centre), and different IR recevier. Is this a common issue? I noticed this...

I picked up a 3TB Seagate FreeAgent external drive for backups.

I use a program called HDSentinel to monitor disk temperature and other S.M.A.R.T. data. To my dismay, the temperature of the FreeAgent drive is about 62C degrees. My other internal drives are between 35-40C.

Is this the result of...

Here's a good article that explains the problem with 23.976 fps with Intel's SandyBridge

Intel are due to correct this issue in the new platform Ivy Bridge in 2012.

He mentions at the end that Intel has a software workaround that enables 23.97Hz output. Does anyone know anymore about this?

I'm interested in the Amulet Remote does anyone use one and what are your opinion of the device.

I was always put off by Amulet's design of their Music, Video and Movies Hubs but the new MyMovies integration sounds very interesting.

If i were to sell
case.jpg with 300w psu
asus.jpg ASUS AT3N7A-I - motherboard - mini ITX - Intel Atom 330 - NVIDIA ION - 1.6 GHz HDMI
compro.jpg Compro VideoMate S350 PCI Digital Satellite TV Tuner Card
and chuck in a cyberlink remote control with usb receiver

I could use some help. I just got my first 1080p LED tv (upgraded from an old Plasma 720p). I'm still learning about all the little 1080p-related gotchyas.

My trouble right now is that when I play blurays, Arcsoft TMT switches to 1080/24p and I get a ton of jerkyness during playback.

I thought my...

Hello! First post; I found this forum via CocoonTech.com, a home automation forum.

Yesterday I received my HTPC and connected to my TV via HDMI; everything is working so far aside from 5.1 sound, but I'll get there eventually. The PC is an HP Slimline S5750Z PC that I bought on eBay. It has a...

I want a cheap remote for my HTPC. I have already gone through one MCE remote in about 9 months. I am thinking about either the Harmony 300i or one of the Universal remotes URC-A6 or URC-W7. I have Windows 7 running my HTPC. I also have a Sony TV and blu-ray that I would like to be able to use with...

Currently I use an MX-850 universal remote control made by Universal Remote Control Inc of the USA. I have it set up so that the volume up/down and mute buttons control my Sony remote control amplifier, while the remaining buttons control Media Center. (Audio from Media Center is fed at full volume...

Just installed my 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD and S3 sleep doesn't seem to want to work??
can anyone point me in the right direction?? turned screensaver off and hybrid sleep etc.. bios is all ok too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Does anyone have a USB 3.0 card in their HTPC? If so, what make and model is recommended? How is the performance during file transfers with a 3.0 storage device?

Hello,

I built an Atom-powered HTPC last year. It's a Zotac ION Atom 330 (1.6GHz) board with 4GB of DDR2, a 1TB 5400rpm drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Recently I discovered that streaming HD Netflix movies doesn't work. (I'm not sure if it ever worked for HD.) It plays briefly then...

Due to a MB failure, I had to replace my MB, CPU, memory, & video card. I had been using a 9600GT with SPDIF patched in from the original MB, and mute worked fine. Now I got a GT440 with HDMI and sound, and I cannot get mute to work in MC - it works fine everywhere else. I tried many combinations...

Microsoft Windows has multiple updates today, if you regularly update today has a plethora via Windows Update, Check after the initial updates as I had 2 more updates to the updates released today for .NET Framework.

There is a new NVIDIA driver package out today also 280.26 WHQL release for...

Acoustic Research 18-Device Touchscreen Universal Remote Control for 34.99 on Woot.com. I haven't used it but it looks decent for a cheap universal remote.

Hi,

wonder if anyone can recommend any of the above - I currently have a Belkin F5D5055ED Gigabit network adaptor connected to my WHS, but after about 15 mins of robocopy running, copying recorded tv from my media PC to my WHS, the adaptor overheats, and its not until I disable and then re-enable...

I am planning on reinstalling Win 7 this weekend on a 64GB SSD drive to operate as a boot drive. In doing research it seems that with this new install I should switch over to ACHI from IDE. I haven't seen any comments about there being an issue with storage drives but I want to make sure that...

Does such a beast exist? I'd like to get a little bit smaller case for my setup, but all of the half height cases I find seem to be MicroATX. It's difficult if not impossible to find a MicroATX withboard with three usable PCIExpress 1x slots and one 16x. This particular need kind of eliminates the...

would ghost my hdd to another hdd of a different size break drm?

So this is kind of an odd question and im not sure if this belongs in a hardware section but my problem is this.

When a power outage occurs (which is not entirely uncommon in my area of Northern Virginia). My surge protector seems to do its job and protects all of my gear. Nothing breaks and all...

So,

I have acquired an OCZ Summit 60GB SSD that does trim. I have upgraded to the latest FW. I know this model is quite old, but I fancy playing around with it.

I really, really want to see if it's worth cloning my existing HTPC OS from a mechanical drive. It has so many tweaks and widgets...

Ok so missus won the 'Love it or hate it case' topic - its staying in the loft for whenever i need to escape up there.

So i'm on a new mini project to build a 'more discreet' missus friendly micro atx system for the bedroom. I've ordered a tbs 6981 dual sat card coming next week.
I've been looking...

I am replacing my mini itx board and case, I bought this case to house a gigabyte matx board.

The missus is somewhat concerned at the larger size case being in the bedroom

I like it but do you???

Hi All

I have recently built my second HTPC using the following:

Intel DH67BL MicroATX LGA1155 DDR3-1333 Motherboard

CORE I5 2500 3.30GHZ 6MB LGA1155 CPU
2x hauppauge HVR2200 tuners

The problem I am having only seems to occur on channel FOUR (I am in New Zealand).

When anyone skips forwards...

A friend showed me a Slingbox PRO-HD working with Sky+ HD it was impressive. I had a look at Slingbox's website and saw it works with Media Center:

I also found you can get an app for Windows 7 Phone but it's £22.99! ($29.99)

It seems I would get my whole Media Center experience remotely in...

I've got an Arctic freezer pro with my Q6600 chip at the moment, just putting everything into a new case but the current cooler is just a tad too tall (i think freezer pro's are about 12.5cms high. I know this fan does a good job but can anyone recommend a good cooling, quiet as poss, reasonably...

Hi all,

I built a HTPC a few months ago and have been steadily working out the bugs. One issue that continues to elude resolution is one that sounds like it should be pretty easy... but isn't that always the way? Specifically, I purchased a new HP MCE compatible IR USB receiver (and remote control...

Current Setup:

Samsung 55C8000
HTPC - ATI 5550 Video Card, TMT 5.0, Ceton

So currently, in order to get 3D BR to work I set the output of TMT to the DLP/Checkerboard output. When playback starts, I have to manually put the Samsung TV into Checkerboard 3D Mode.

Do I understand correctly, that if...

How should I setup the decoding options on this AVR - I am feeding audio out to it via a GT440 video card. Along with Last Valid (The “Last Valid” option means that the listening mode selected last will be used.), these are the other settings I have:
■Analog / PCM
With this setting, you can...

I just put together a new HTPC using a lian li PC-C37 case

They use a bit of an odd sized fan - 70mm x 15mm, and provide two. I'd like to buy one or two more of the case fans, unfortunately, lian li doesn't sell that size fan on their website (nor do they return any emails). Does anyone know of...

Hi Guys,

I've had this chassis for a few years now and could never get the LED screen working.

can you look at these connectors:

these are all coming from the LED screen, and I have no idea where they are supposed to connect to.... on mobo I presume

anyone have any ideas?

I'm running the Catalyst 11.4 display driver with an HD5450 graphics card, and when I configure the Noise Reduction option I've noticed that movies often appear distorted. For example on a head shot, the eyes might lag a fraction behind the other features as a face turns from side to side.

I seem...

Ok, Well I want to build my 2nd HTPC.. Something small that can fit in the bedroom that will fit in a small case.
I need some Mobo/processor/case suggestions.
I plan on adding another Ceton to the build here since I have had no issues with the original card I can't see not getting another.
I want...

We are in a bit of a weird transition where more and more signals are being transmitted digitally, and yet we are still stuck with a lot of legacy products that use IR. In my case, I use an RF remote, but the same applies for people who use iphone/android/WP7 remotes over IP. The thing is, its...

I'm relatively new to Media Center. Got myself a mini itx board (Asus AT3N7A) with ION graphics, a little cheap mini itx case with a psu, couple gig of ram (which i already had), Compro S350 DVB-S satellite card and a 1TB Samsung hard drive. Think in all it cost me about £170

I've always had a...

I'm not up-to-speed with requirements these days, but suffice to say, I'm unimpressed with my current set-up and would like some advice.

I'm using Freesat in the UK and have the HD capable TBS6981 card.

I'm using the Logitech z906 for surround sound. Reviewers appear to love it, but I don't so...