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 Your Home Theater Setup, Let's share

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post Apr 20 2009, 08:25 PM

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My Home Entertainment Network:

1. Home Theatre (living room)

AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-V1600
Speakers: 7.1 configuration of 7x Energy Take 5.2 speakers and 1x Energy S10.2 subwoofer
Display: Sony VPL-HS60 720p projector on approximately 100" screen
DVD player: Pioneer DV-300
HTPC: E8200 on Asus P5N7A-VM with 3.5TB HD capacity on GigaE LAN
Astro setup-box

2. Bedroom setup

Radio/"amp"/DVD player: Philips MCL707 mini-HiFi
Speakers: 2.0 configuration of speakers bundled with Philips MCL707
Display: Samsung 32" LCD TV (LA32R81B)
Media player: Dvico TViX 6500A with 320GB HD on GigaE LAN
Astro setup-box

3. Kitchen setup

Internet radio: Freecom MusicPal on GigaE LAN

4. Media Storage/Servers

NAS: Synology DS-408 with 3TB HD capacity (4x1TB RAID-5) on GigaE LAN
NAS: D-Link DNS323 with 3TB HD capacity (2x1.5TB) on GigaE LAN
Media Server: Q9550 on Abit IP35-Pro with 6.9TB HD capacity (5x1TB RAID-5, 1x1.5TB, 2x500GB, 2x200GB) on GigaE LAN

Future plans:

1. Home Theatre:
+ Logitech Transporter media player
+ upgrade to HD1080p projector
+ 46"-52" HD1080p LCD TV
+ Blu-ray player (stand-alone or via HTPC upgrade)
+ upgrade HTPC with faster GPU for light gaming capability
+ Logitech Harmony universal remote control (exact model to be determined)

2. Bedroom setup:
+ upgrade TViX 6500A HD from 320GB to 1.5TB
+ Logitech Squeezebox Boom to replace Philips MCL707 (possibly, subject to satisfactory audio performance)



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