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    Radeon 6950 to AVR?

    I'm not sure we understand the question, maybe because it is too simple. You don't need any extra software to connect your 6950 to the receiver, all you need are the built in drivers and to make sure you use a normal/compatible resolution and refresh rate (i.e. 720p, 1080p)
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    Cheapo HTPC + DVR

    Strange as it may be, I actually have two of the ATI Digital TV Wonders I am trying to sell, so if anyone here is interested, feel free to PM me...
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    When is it too much?

    You might want to consider working out how many of these you actually use at once. There are many other options instead of running an actual PC at each location. For instance, in my case, I have one main PC that runs everything (acting as a HTPC and Media Server) and then I have the HDMI output...
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    Potential tower enclosure - for 15 drives

    I had some issues with this, but they were quickly resolved with a pair of pliers. A lot of these cases have little metal tabs to help hold up the dvd/cd drives, but they are almost always punchouts from the main metal housing, so they can be easily bent back into the original position to allow...
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    Cheapo HTPC + DVR

    What HDTV are you talking about? Over the air HD signals? If you're talking about that, just about any windows PC you can buy a tuner card and it'll work (for ~$70) and a decent newish video card will output hdmi+audio.
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    3D HTPC under $500?

    Is this starting from scratch or using the hardware in your sig as well? Honestly, at that price point, I would not want to build a full PC if you have the PC in your signature already. I would probably just buy a new video card and use the rest of the current system (maybe add some ram and an...
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    Harmony 650 to control X360 running WMC extender for win7 pc??

    If you have the right devices in the setup, when you're in the harmony software go to the activities page and customize buttons on the activity you're talking about. You should be able to choose the device and action for each button of the remote for this activity.
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    SFF-8088 - LSI2008 Controller card suggestions?

    Have you considered buying adapters for the cables? There are many options for SAS 8087 - SAS 8088 that could help you out here. Though, In the end, It is probably cheaper to get an internal card + expansion and then a single set of cables to go out to the external enclosure...
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    Absolute best HTPC frontend software?

    There is nothing 'garbage' about either of those. They both work wonderfully and offer a lot. You may prefer either for one reason or another but overall they're both very good options and saying either is 'garbage' is misrepresenting them both.
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    HTPC: Media Center or not? (Confused)

    First, it isn't nearly as complex as it may seem. It is $30 for the first year, $20 for each year after that. I'm not sure if it is worth it, but for me it is. There is also a subsidized plan that if you get a website hosted by a specific company, you can get meta<browser/> for free...
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    SSD Question

    "Better" is too subjective a term for this. Obviously a ram drive is faster, but it also is much more annoying to make use of, and has huge performance problems on the load/save of the drive. Every time you start your computer you have to reload the ram drive, sand save the contents every...
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    HTPC: Media Center or not? (Confused)

    It isn't as hard as it seems. The main thing for me was the reduction of redundancy in the systems. I didn't want or feel like it should be required to have a separate cable box, dvr, bluray player, on every tv. I ended up with a centralized PC that could play all of these things, bluray rips...
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    SSD installed on HW RAID card as JBOD (single). Will TRIM work?

    Trim will not work in this instance. Any time there is a raid controller (as of now, supposedly some new intel controllers that haven't been released should fix this) between the OS and the drive, TRIM will not work. Since the RAID controller will create essentially a virtual drive exposed to...
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    HTPC: Media Center or not? (Confused)

    Firstly (I did this originally with TMT a few years ago) but Cyberlink has a 30 day money back promise, so you can get your money back, if you want. As for MKV, that is just a container, not the compression. Converting Bluray to anything is an annoying process. You will have to reencode...
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    Best ways to keep low profile HTPC cool

    As I said originally, if you cannot work with the airflow of the case, there are only two other options (I think) updating the PSU, or the GPU. I think the PSU is more likely the problem here, and a much more efficient PSU would be more applicable to solving the heat issues. I also think...
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