kumala Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 here's another pic. WIth the mods I don't even use the xbox version anymore and the pc looks far superior than the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 That looks hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEagles Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 That's bloody impressive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capa Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I apologize for my ignorance...what is this? C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Home Theater Computers. It allows him to play MVP on his TV. I have a video out on mine, but it doesn't look as good as his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAM Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 did you guys buy your htpc's or build your own? i've been considering rolling my own this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 I built my own, and it cost me about just under 2 grand. Its better to build your own that way you have what you want. HTPC is the bomb. Not only can you play pc games on your tv but you can save your entire dvd collection on it. I have a 550 gig hd and can store most of my dvds on it. But I mostly use it to play my mvp and other pc games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAM Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 far out, yes i had planned on building my own as well, always build my own pc's it's just plain fun. and also exactly what you: said you get what you want. what type of case did you use? and are there cases that allow room for mods like lighting, water cooling etc? i'm torn between building the htpc and a new water cooled machine for myself, defintely can't afford both right now. one other question. do you run this through a dolby digital receiver or do you have a digital card? if so which card do you use and how did you get it to produce true 5.1,6.1,7.1 digital sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 I have a silverstone lascala lc-10m case with vfd. Pretty hefty and tough to work with the space that is. I have asus A8N sli deluxe mobo, socket 939 amd64 3500+ cpu, 1 gig of ram, nec 3250a dvdrw, nvidia 6600gt 128m card capable of sli, 550 hdd, ocz modstream psu 520w. No sound card just using the onboard sound, has an optical out. Have not connected to my hometheater since the panny dlp has good sound and my home theater sys is upstairs. if you plan on getting a sound card for your htpc, many have preferred the audigy z2 from creative labs. The games just look awesome on the panny. Doom 3, Call of Duty, Battefield, etc. all look great on it. I don't think I'll ever go back to a monitor again. All is connected via hdmi, thats why it looks sharper. I can get 720p to work with this machine and set. I suggest everyone to get an htpc and play some mvp on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAM Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok you're definitely getting me excited about this. i've been thinking about this project for a long time. w/ the optical out on the mobo i'm assuming it can get pretty clean 5.1? does it use any type of adapter for the optical out/input? sorry to pick your brain. i've been thinking about doing this for a while and you're the first person i have "met" that actually has built one. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 no its built in on the mobo. If you need any help with this feel free to keep this thread alive. Do you want pics of the case. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbully Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I'm in now - lol - yeah show us some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmodel Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I do the same, but a couple of issues with the HTPC. Optical out of motherboard to receiver will only give you two channels of sound and the game will have to be in Prologic (unless you have a new LGA775 board with Dolby Live). Also, the PC version does not support Widescreen ratio, so everything is stretched. Unlike the xbox version, that does support Widescreen :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 the optical out is 8 channel, and it does not look stretched out. I have it at 1280x1024 or something like that. Ok be right back with some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 here you go http://img147.exs.cx/img147/1619/dsc005839it.jpg http://img147.exs.cx/img147/9896/dsc005878dn.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 sorry the first one is blurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The H Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I've been working on something like this for quite a while now... gaming on a big *** HDTV+HTPC combo really is THE BOMB! Just this past week I decided to move from AAA (with a Shuttle XPC SN95G5 mini system) to the Big Leagues and go FULL SIZE with a bigger enclosure and some other newer parts. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow (thursday) as that's the day when all my new goodies should arrive . Kumala, I may put you on my PM speed dial from now on, hehehe . Rambully, about your question concerning the usage of an adapter for the optical out/input, most of today's high-end motherboards come with those connectors, in addition to the traditional ones, included as part of their backpanel... some work really good and really provide a very 'clean' source, but it all depends on the actual sound chipset/controller embedded to the motherboard and the features it supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 H, glad to hear you got those parts coming in. Yeah, been playing on my laptop for awhile until I got back into building comps again. I love this thing, dvds, tv, pvr, games, internet on a hdtv. screw webtv.....HTPC baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 i will post more tommorrow of the other games I play. TIme to go catch some zzzzzssss for my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAM Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok now i'm really all hot and bothered by this all. great another quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumala Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 ram, do yourself a favor and build this mutha. You will never regret having an HTPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drovebykeptgoing1 Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I just crapped my pants, next Im gonna get killed when I max the credit card to build myself one of these, Great stuff any more info you can post it here, if you would (ie) parts suppliers etc. Good Good stuff Im stoked,, the hell with a 6 grand Dlp I want wanna these!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAdam Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 SilverStone... nice choice for case. What are you sending that thing to the TV with? DVI or component? I'd like to see it at 1920x1080... that would be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogar84 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 the scores are also cut off but otherwise looks sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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