Hello all,
I'm looking at building a home theater system using these components:
Pre-amp: PR-SC5530 11.2-Ch Dolby Atmos Ready Network A/V Controller
Speakers: Mackie HR824 MK2
I'm interested to know if you guys any suggestions on good subs that compliment the above speakers & premap.
Subs:...

Well, after moving in January, I'm finally getting my whole house WMC setup situated. As you can imagine, a new home means lots of work, so once I got basic TV working, the rest of it took a back seat. No photos yet, but expect them in the next few weeks. Feel free to comment/critique. :)...

New House – New Media Setup

So my wife and I recently closed on our first house, while that was exciting in and of itself it also meant that I would have the opportunity for a new media setup. Our old setup( ) had served us well for several years , but it was time to expand.

The current setup...

Can't go bigger due to the cab my equipment is in. Any good experiences?

I've been playing with the LG55LM7600. Decent features good price. Good blacks. Slight bleed, but can be rectified with turning local dimming lower.

Then the Samsung UN55ES8000. Slightly higher price point, better display I...

Hello,
Just purchased my first home. I was able to get a network option added, so from the beginning I wanted to stream video over hardwire and save on box top fees. Later I would like to venture into Home automation. But here is what I've managed to get going so far.

This is the home run with the...

Hello, as the title says.. I'm new and here is what I have so far.

HTPC 1 - Living Room

Case- Nmedia 6000b
Cpu- Intel i7 970 gulftown 6 core
Mobo- Asrock 1366 Extreme 6
Ram- 6gb DDR3 2000mhz
Gpu- Ati 4650 1gb with Zalman Fanless heatsink solution (no fan)
Psu- Corsair 650w
Hard Drives- 2x80gb...

My home theater:

Everything is stock on WMC right now. It's only the one machine, living alone I don't really need any extenders!

About a year or so ago I completed my second (or third maybe) HTPC project and built a quiet and cheap cable card ready HTPC.

Now it's time to upgrade, and here is the build log (and place for people to help me).

Current build:

- HEC Black ITX Case
- Gigabyte H67 USB3 MB
- Intel i3 2105...

So here's the main home theater PC, an Athlon XII 250 in a Silverstone ML03 case running Windows Media Center. TV shows record on an internal 1TB black drive while streaming TV and movie rips come from the upstairs Dlink NAS box using Mediabrowser, as well as the Netflix and Hulu plugins. The TV is...

Hi all,

After 10+ years with an old SD Panasonic 42 Plasma (non HD) and a home-made WMC box (also non HD), I've finally taken the plunge and upgraded to HD/Blu-Ray for the whole system.
Just wanted to share a couple of celebratory pics now that it's finally done, followed by a few remarks:...

I have a great idea for a cool thread. Let's video record our WMC screen showing off our WMC with everyone's own custom pimped out touches. I actually dont have anything real impressive yet, but would love to see what some of you guys have put together. Can someone recommend a good screen...

Hi I've just signed up after my first (of my own, have helped other's put HTPC's together) HTPC for my bedroom, is to replace a capable but sluggish Acer Revo R3610 which while it could cope with anything I wanted to play on it (apart from BBC iPlayer HD!!) was too sluggish when in the MCE menus's...

Here is the link to a complete write up my Egyptian Tomb Home Theater:
I need to update the blurry photo of the Equipment, I have upgraded most of the equipment.

This is a build log of my new HTPC. I'm transitioning from running Media Center from my desktop PC in my office and streaming through my 360 to building a standalone HTPC to place near my TV.

I'm doing this on the lowest budget I can and doing it to suit all of my needs, maybe someone will find...

Thought I'd post about my Home Theatre PC to help get this forum off to a good start!

Goals:

Fast desktop PC for web browsing, photo editing and general use (don't really play games)
Quiet HTPC for live TV, movies and music
Low power consumption
Reuse some of the old components

Here's...

I had posted in another thread about my system which has a case made out of MDF. The reason for this is that I couldn't find anything that met my needs. My requirements were:

Fit 2x 2.5 HDDs (RAID1 for system) plus 5x 3.5 HDDs (for storage)
Cables accessible from the front other than power...

If you read my blog you may have seen my last series of posts about my recent Audio Visual install at my little house in England.

If not you can check out my blog here , there are currently 5 parts to the series, there might be two more posts to come.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5...

Pix are a bit older but setup is generally the same

Some changes:
-Swapped 47 tv in living room w/ vizio 65 passive 3d. Moved the 47 to the bedroom.
-swapped out linksys dma w/ xbox for extender in bedroom
-rebuilt media storage box w/ new innards (mobo/CPU/etc...) and have 7x 1tb in raid...

Ever wonder what the HTPC behind My Channel Logos and TunerSalad is? What magical system has access to every country’s listings? How does he test 48 tuners at once?! Well, sorry to disappoint, but my system is probably no different than any of yours. In fact, over three years ago, I set out to...

Ok so my system is modest compared to some of the other systems i have seen on here but I thought I would share anyways so here goes. I only have one PC that serves as the HTPC and media server. I then have two netbook (ASUS 1000 HA) that my wife and I each use for general web surfing etc, and I...

She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid!

Here's my theater setup:
HTPC: Well you can see the components to the left
HDTV: Olevia 232T
Projection Screen: Elite Screens 140 Manual
Projector: BenQ MP610
Audio: Onkyo HT-S3200

Here's my small apartment. It isn't much, but it...

Ok so my rig isn't too fancy but i'll post it up anyway,
I've got a twin tuner tbs 6981, a Nova-2 for freeview
A nova-t500 twin tuner for freeview
and a technisat skystar hd2 which is currently running my motorised satellite dish...
luckily for me al the walls in my house are stud so dropping the...