I'm aware of that, but I still prefer something with physical buttons

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Added on February 4, 2012, 8:27 pmAlright, I guess those extra buttons still needs some configuration.
i still prefer XBMC since it has way better looking interface and skin.

Btw, has anyone tried using XBMC with Logitech Harmony 200 remote?
From what I read, you still need an IR receiver.
Thinking of getting that one

This post has been edited by alucard89: Feb 4 2012, 08:28 PM

I found these 2 remote and IR receiver kits in Amazon, less than 23 USD including shipping to MY.
HP seems to be a better choice because the receiver is smaller and there are reviews saying it is working and you can use the remote to boot up and shut down your pc.
However I bought the Lenovo kit because at that time it did not allow shipping of the HP kit to MY. Now it does, just a few days later.

HP OEM Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control and Infrared Receiver for Home, Premium and Ultimate Edition

Lenovo Microsoft MCE Media Center Remote Control USB IR Receiver RC6 KIT

Thinking of building silence HTPC for my next project.
The item list are as follows:-
1. Asus AMD E35M1-I AMD Fusion CPU on iTX Motherboard RM394 (Fanless)
2. Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz 8GB Twins PC RAM (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) RM179
3. Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (64MB) SATA3 3.5 Desktop HDD WD10EARX Free
4. OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA3 2.5 SSD R:525,W:475-RM390
5. Pioneer 12x SATA Desktop Internal BD-RW (BDR-S06XL)-RM588
6. Sea Sonic X400 Fanless 400Watt PSU 80Plus Gold-RM479
Already RM2,030 still have to include casing, need some recommendation casing with remote control.

Great combo. It will surely be truly fan's free set up. Do take note on casing ventilation for this set up. Sorry I am unable to recommend casing for now..

i personally found the lian li q11 red would be a good home for your "premium" parts.... unless u gona go smaller than it... then not much choice for a good casing...

Guys, I just bought this remote

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2056375&hl=

Since it's a non mce remote, I can only configure the action for the keys using keyboard.xml for XMBC
Only problem I have now is that I can't wake the pc after putting it to sleep
I've already turned on S3 sleep mode in BIOS setting,
and I definitely see the IR receiver still getting signals/blinks when operating the remote after the pc is in sleep mode.
Is there any other solution for this?
Or should I just get another remote?

Overall I'm quite satisfy with the Lenovo remote, though sometime the arrow keys are a bit lagging.
The IR receiver is eHome/RC6 compatible. It also came with what appears to be an IR emitter.

I use it with XBMC MCERemote plugin. Once the builtin settings are applied (and reboot) most common keys work.

By default, the power button will put your pc into sleep and also wake the pc from sleep. I have only tried with S3 sleep mode. However, I mapped the power button to alt-f4 so it can shut down XBMC and also windows. I also mapped the Windows key to start XBMC.

WHY dont you guys try PS3 BDremote ? working fine and can configure every key using app.

just 1 minor issue , battery can drain quickly so suggested to use chargeable batt

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Added on February 20, 2012, 3:11 pmGUYS, i format my htpc and reinstall everyting, but now when connect to 5.1 hometheater, when watch DTS bluray movies on my sound system i only can hear the sound (music), no speech but when i change the sound option to 2.1 i can hear all.

whats the problem ya ?

This post has been edited by Elanges: Feb 20 2012, 03:11 PM

Alright, I think I'll get the HP MCE remote,
Since it's also listed as supported in the XBMC wiki page.
This one looks like the latest model.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-MCE-Media-C...E-/320687855790

Should be ok rite?

Looks good.

Looking forward to buy htpc any suggestion sifus?

I'm using Dell ZINO HD but think this product has discontinue

try this
http://www.dell.com/my/p/alienware-x51/pd....dhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Finally the latest XBMC Eden (v.11) has been released.

Time to do the upgrade and see. Highly recommended to all HTPC enthusiasts here.

Yet to find out if it can read Bluray disc.

LINK to XBMC

Anyone tried this?
Intel Atom DN2800MT

Anyone know if it has the power to decode FullHD content?

there's a mod version that could bitstream hd audio natively. can play m2ts, ts and mkv with hd audio passthrough.
too bad still can't play bdmv directory else i would've switched back xbmc. my library is too big to repack everything back to ISO.

guys, i have a regular pc, and hdmi monitor, i intend to receive hdmi signal from a medix box to play on my pc, any solution? all tv tuner i ask only able to receive tv signal not hdmi from a player. please help me. thanks in advance

no wonder I couldn't find Dell Zino at their website? Any other brand which similar product like yours?

Alienware is the closest

alienware is expensive la compared to yours....

mine if you take full spec with bluray drive the price difference by RM200 only