intel NUC is sufficient enough to act as htpc combo with avr?

Finally with the arrival of NUC, is anyone trying out the Intel NUC for home solution including playback 3d Bluray ?

currently is there any android support for xbmc, jriver, mediaportal, etc for movies and music play back ?

this NUC will be a lot more quieter and also free from fans.

hi guys...can i convert my old pc into htpc? i mean can htpc casing support my mobo? becos from what i read htpc dont need much power rite...n my old pc casing is too bulky to put beside my led tv....too much space...
my spec athlon x3 proc...
4gb ram n graphic card
sata hdd

Worry not...only budget is to concern. There is lot htpc casing either for ATX/mATX mobo...even for E-ATX. Check Silverstone line-up & you'll find it. Me too use old pc (mATX C2D) for my htpc. Still looking for affordable nice looking casing to replace that Elite311.

how to know whether my old config will fit the casing?

what kind of remote are you guys using?

I use iMON. Came with the casing.
But the Logitech had the data for the iMON, so now I use my old Harmony 895

Anyone experience issue with XBMC in Windows 8. After 1 or 2 seconds of play video stopped and back to menu.

But perfect when I play using my Mac notebook (not my network issue)

Any clue?

hi, I'm going to build a htpc. Which processor should i buy, i3 or i5? Im planning to build it with a Gigabyte h77n-wifi (mobo), 4Gb ram, SSD 64GB (will run my movies from others pc) n 450w psu. What do u guys think?

guys,
wanna ask...
currently my audio is passed to my LED TV.
Am planning to let the audio to pass to my phillips 5.1 surround system.

option 1:
optical audio from TV -> sound system

option 2:
optical audio from PC -> sound system

which one will work?

If you ask between i3 or i5 for HTPC, i3 is enough. I use 1st gen i3 and it can play everything I throw into it.

It depends on many things.

1. Does your LED TV support HDMI ARC(Audio Return Channel)
This ARC feature is great as it allows 2 way audio, upstream and downstream.
The HDMI Port will indicate ARC on it.
If it does, then a HDMI from your TV to A/V will work.

2. Does your PC have HDMI output or are you planning to use Optical out for audio.
If you use HDMI then what you can do is PC->A/V->TV
Then if you have other devices ie Video Game, Bluray Player, Satellite TV etc, you can connect it to the A/V receiver and use only one HDMI port on your TV.
Unfortunately, you will need to turn use the A/V system each time you wanna watch TV.
However, some newer A/V receiver allows a passthrough of sound through the HDMI ARC feature of the A/V.
So, the thing here is what can your A/V system support.

Using option 1 HDMI ARC, you can connect all your source devices to the TV and send just the audio from the TV to the A/V system.
This way it won't disable the TV speakers so you can still use the TV speakers if you don't want to use the A/V system.

Just do an internet search for HDMI ARC. There's some good info.

Actually I prefer choice 1 too. And my TV does support ARC.
However when any video passes the audio to TV through hdmi, it can pass to the AV player through the hdmi arc. That's why I found it weird

OS X does not support HD audio. Try to install Win7 in ur MacMini and you should have HD audio passthru to ur amp.

I bought Palit GeForce® GT 640 (2048MB DDR3) for my DT. I'm watching bluray ISO, mkv via XBMC with DTS HD MA, Dolby TrueHD without missing a bit to my Yamaha A730.

Highly recommended card for HD audio passthru.

Interesting lil USB IR http://flirc.tv/

I have ordered it, waiting for shipment from US. Will update once I received it. Will be using it with Harmony 300

This post has been edited by breonwei: Apr 15 2014, 04:42 PM

Received Flirc from USPS yesterday. Now I can launch XBMC, have full control to XBMC using Harmony 300



This post has been edited by breonwei: Apr 25 2014, 11:46 AM

what's the total cost in RM ? any tax imposed?

Flirc is only USD22.95 http://flirc.tv/products/

For Harmony 300, I got it from All IT Hypermarket at RM79

Waited 2.5 weeks to receive Flirc from USPS.

Latest XBMC release~