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So with that enclosure, I wont have to format my current drives? I am a little confused on all of this. thanks for the link though

Hi guys I dont know if I should pot this here or htpc forum. But anyways I have recently bought a macmini and I have 4 hard drives various sizes (500x2,1tb,2tb) I do not want to use a raid. My question is, is it possible to find a nas or a external hdd case that holds 4 hdd so I don't have to...

Hi I have a popcorn hour that I use in my bedroom and I have a HTPC in my main living room. I am currently atching the movies on my PH with an external HDD. I was wondering how I can access my movies off the htpc on my ph through a wired network. I want to try and conserve energy so I would...

Hey guys, well I have a HTPC in my living room that I use, and I have a popcorn hour That I want to hook up to my network by network cable. My internet is hooked up in the back room, I have a ethernet cable running 60meters to my living room htpc. Now only way I can hook up my popcorn hour is...

I have been looking into this for a month now. the bluray drives for computers will play 3d bluray. you need compatable software, totalmedia 3d or powerdvd 3d (yet to release 3d) You do not need nvidia 3d vision kit, you can use ATI graphics with IZ3d drivers. Also if you have a dlp...

I 2nd win7mc + mediabrowser, here is a great guide to get everything going right. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1250607 this guide is very good. you can also use this program to get media center to loadup media browser instead of going through all the menu options...

i dont have a pixel format in my ccc I am using the latest drivers i think 10.5

Well I am using a front projector, the optoma hd66, I use to have a popcorn hour and there were the setting 16-235 and 0-255, with the 0-255 the picture looked great, but now I got a htpc the color looks greyish as if it was 16-235. I know the dvi out output 0-255 so thats why i was thinking it...

Hey guys I am trying to fix the black levels on my video card, i am using a ati 3400 that is built in to a gigabyte mobo, and I am using hdmi. The programs I am using are mediaportal, catalyst control center, coreavc, ac3audio and couple other things. So how can I fix the black levels, I...

Well if i knew you already had all that I wouldnt of suggested all that other stuff. But man that is one beast of a HTPC, :D good luck

here is sorta my opnion on the items listen *C2D E6850 3.0GHz (will down clock to lowest speed as long as it doesn't affect pic quality) You can buy a 2.8ghz amd dual core for less than 60$ *Zalman 9500 (fits pefect in my case) Do not need any extra fans *Gigabyte P35-DS3R You can...

Well I dont know what it is like down in the states but up in canada, I can download 100gb a month and I dont get any calls from telus. but I also use usenet, I think they do not really care about downloading it is the uploading that the care about.

I would go for the following GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H - this mobo will provide all the sound, video, networking 2gb ram dont really need no more than that for htpc AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz more than enough you can find cases with a psu with it. also you will not need any extra fans...

The HD66 has been tested and people have said the 3-d looks good, just can not do it during the day and complete light control So far Nvidia has not made their cards compatible with the hd66 but the 3d works people say you have to wear the glasses upside down, but people have made some work...

Hey guys I`m looking at upgrading my HTPC to be used for 3-d movies. I am not interested in using it for gaming. I have the amd 4600+ cpu and my mobo is the GA-MA78GM-S2H which im using the internal videocard. I am also running Windows 7. So I was wondering what video card would be the best...

i would wait on the burner, the discs are still very expensive. if i were you i would skip the drive completly and when you buy a movie you just download the copy off the net, saves you the time on riping it. but if you are still intent on getting bd drive i would just get the rom drive...

hey people. i am having a hard time getting my popcornhour a110 connecting to wireless network. i have the wn110 wireless usb stick, i will choose my ssid and enter my password. it says its connected but there is no ip address. i am running windows 7 that is hard wired to a 2wire router. i...

well technically there should be no quality loss, because the picture is being transferred in digital, i.e. 1`s and 0`s. its not like component cables where the signal is analog and it can degrade with length of the cable

get the popcorn hour i tried the wetern digital hdtv it was pretty useless it wouldnt play non of my mkv, i returned it and got the popcorn hour 110 so much better way more support and plus it has network support wroth the extra money

hey does any one have first hand experience with the new western digital hd tv. i play mainly 1080p mkv movies, and some season series iso. can i hook up multiple hard drives to this with a usb splitter. or is it one hard drive at a time. if so i think i will hang on to my htpc. reason why...

ok i have installed mythbuntu, this is the first time using linux and i have searched every where for this, i have 3 hard drives in my computer 1 has linux and the other 2 have a bunch of movies that is on a ntfs hard drive. now how can i get linux to recognize the 2 drives, so i need linux to...

hi i am wondering if there is any linux os, that is strictly htpc based, i dont need anything else except to transfer my movies from external hard drive, and play movies, i dont need any thing else. i dont play games on my htpc, all of my computer components can play 1080p mkvs fine with...

just like darkpaw said, i dont mind paying 200 for the burner if its good, but whats the point of making of a back up of bluray if the discs cost20$ in canada. sorry but id sooner download my backups of the internet

hey guys i have some 1080p/720p mkv movie files there are 3 of them that will stop playing at random, and all my other movies will play flawlessly. is there anything i can do to the file. i am using mediaporttal, coreavc, ac3 filter

ok i got a problem the sound through my hdmi has stopped working, it was good last night, i have the gigabyte ga-ma78gm-s2h any tips will be good. fyi its not my amp its the computer. and i got ac3filter, coreavc codec, mediaportal and vlc. i thnk thats all i got for codecs./video players

look at the paradigm pw2200 or the servo 15. both very good hard to bottom them out they give a really good kick you might be paying a little more for them but its worth it. id also get a svs sub they are very good.

yeah the 880 will be compatible with it. but like i said i bought the 550 and took it back 2 weeks later and got the 880, because of the battery issue

if i were youid go with the 880, i found the batteries went dead fast. plus with the 880 you get a rechargable battery with the dock. the docks are fine nowa days. plus you dont have stupid buttons at the top where it says play movie watch tv. and on the 880 you can name or rename the buttons...

ok guys what do you prefer to use for the interface for a htpc, vista media center, mediaportal, or stand alone players like mediaplayer classic, vlc ect.

well for one the power dvd it has bluray disc support, and can out put the dolby hd and dts hd audio. coreavc cant play bluray disc but can out put 1080p movie files, h264, mkv 1080p ect. so if you have no bluray disc but play 1080p movies get the core avc if you have bluray disc and want to...

ok sounds good keep us posted on the sub, but like i said you might have to buy either a new sub or new amp. or get it fixed

yeah all powered speakers or subs will make vibrating or thumpings if the cord is touched by some ones fingers, other metal, ect. like i said it might be your sub it might be your amp, only way to be sure is try your sub out on another amp.

i have a paradigm sub and it started to do the exact same thing, i thought it was my sub, but i brought my sub in to my dealer and tried it on another amp and it worked so what i would tell you to do take your sub to a a/v store ask them if you can hook up your sub to a new amp, and check it...

why not try mediaportal, it is very stable program, you can edit menu pvr start up with green button plays everything h264, mkv, iso dvd file in menu. divx i think you can stream off the internet. and plus there is a forum on there website so you can get faster help. well its free so...

you can find the harmony 880 on the net for about 160 on newegg.com but if you do some searching you can find it as low as 130. also nice thing about this remote you can set it up so it turns on your dvd player, tv, amp, and then change it to the right a/v input ect. kinda confusing at first...

also the mac mini are bad, you can build a better htpc for less the money and more power. dont get me wrong i love my mac book, but i wouldnt trust a macmini to produce a quality 1080p also macs right now dont have hdmi, and cant play bluray movies. macs will be great if you are only...

you should look at getting a 45watt amd athlon chip. runs very cool, you only need a stock fan to cool it. and buy a gigabyte board. and you should look at the antec cases they have a very good airflow, and psu, plus you can get some cases with a ir receivers built in so you can set up a...

essentially mkv is an avi file. the mainthing is mkv can hold multipule subtitles, multiple soundtracks and probably chapters, but avi files can only hold the movie and 1 audio file only no soft subs

you can buy one of these cases if you are worry about size. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163123 you prolly wont be able to hold many hard drives but from the sounds of it it looks like you will be playing bluray movies, netflex download and streaming form another htpc.

well you can prolly build a htpc for a little more then a good media extender. set up a wireless network and you can stream movies from your livingroom htpc. you can play all media plus access the internet.