Most ppl use hauppauge WinTV PVR 150 ....

Ir Blaster is to receive the signal from yr Media Center remote control and sent out the learned signal ( change channels ) to yr devices like Astro decoder..

I wrote something about it in my blog below...

With Astro byond offering PVR service, the above mention method is kinda obsolete....

Yea.. soundgraph claims its their product. When i got mine also under Veris but Soundgraph Box.. haha.. So its the same only outside design slightly different..

Btw, how much you bought yours?

Thanks... a really good blog for newbie on HTPC setup like me....

And I wanna ask some more, I have setup my new HTPC, and I'm using Vista Home Premium,

But when I tried to connect my HTPC to my Panasonic TX-37LE8MK LCD TV via HDMI connection,

The picture become too sharp and it's hard to read the font on my LCD... The default resolution that I can obtained better image on my LCD TV was 1280x720 @ 60Hz

But when I set the output resolution to 1366x768 @ 60Hz (my LCD TV native resoultion) , the picture become too small and "Window boxed" happens

The desktop seems not so smooth like when I connected my PC via DVI connection to my 20" Samsung LCD monitor....

what's the problem actually? It comes from my LCD TV or my setup??

And yes, I'm using Byond PVR (upgrade from my older Max)

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jul 10 2010, 10:40 PM

Planning to replace my Xqbox with Silverstone GD05. Anyone using this casing? I try to search low depth casing to match with my tv rack and this casing suit best. The only problem is there is only one external 5.25' drive bay.

hey,

how much u setup ur HTPC? and what case you using? im finding the same mobo as well but couldnt find yet

Around RM270 after include shipping from USA.

you use more than 1 optical drive issit?
1 unit of BD combo or BD writer should be enough for most people. i don't even have an optical drive for my HTPC. the 2 extra slot could be used for 3 more HDD.

Hmm.. about RM1300 something...
I only changed my PSU, casing, processor, mobo and RAM...
HDD and ODD I recycled back from my old PC...
All the items I bought online from this website...

I'm using CM Elite 430 case and I bought Gigabyte H55M-S2H mobo, Core i3 processor and Team Elite 2GB DDR3 ram from this thread, http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1168038&hl=

Owh.. okok.. Nice price..

BTW, i dicover a very nice soundcard for HTPC setup. Using it myself as well. Its Onkyo SE-90PCI. Comes with LP Bracket for small casing and standard Bracket for ATX casing.

The sound really very very nice.. More details of the product here but too bad in Japanese only..

http://www.jp.onkyo.com/wavio/90pci/index.htm

Yes, that happens when u try to use a higher resolution that the supported resolution on yr LCD TV.

From yr descriptions, looks like yr native resolution is probably 720p instead of the higher one stated...

You can try to use a bigger font size to compensate the blur font cos it is pretty hard to read at a distance away.

What graphic card are you using ?


You must hv gotten yr Byond PVR upgrade for free promo to existing Max users... too bad I live in condo and cannot take up that free offer cos the internal wiring is centralized antenna.

im using also.. sound very nice especially when i played jazz music or vocal

but there is no analog multichannel output and no audio input.


btw there is another good soundcard which is fit in small casing:

Prodigy HD2

Yea.. another model audio card is the Onkyo SE-200PCI.. can support 5.1 and got digital in and out + RCA summore..

One of the forumer sells this item from the east malaysia actually.

SE200 PCI actually do not have 5.1 analogue output, which I thought it has. The cable that comes with it offer 5.1 output only to onkyo specified computer speakers only. Not to the audio hifi power amp. I almost got the unit until I found this out after that forumer tested the unit himself and confirmed the finding.

I'm only using Intel HD graphic that is integrated in the Processor die...

Yeah! I got my PVR with free swap for existing max user....

Personally I prefer USB DAC to internal soundcard. This is to isolate the PC internal noise from the DAC. You can get one from few hundreds to thousands.

Note: USB DAC is only for 2 channel music. For movie, I prefer HDMI audio out from H55 or ATI 5xxx for HD bitstreaming. GTX460 is supposed to support HD bitstreaming but not on current driver.

This post has been edited by pierreye: Jul 14 2010, 10:03 AM

Hikari? wow penangite

but i'd mistaken the mobo.. i thought it's the mini-ITX version.. finding it now

yes, I bought if from Hikari.... she's a really nice seller....

No lah, it's M-ATX board....

i'm getting two of these.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1482489&hl=



good itx mobo with all the bells and whistles for a small htpc.

This post has been edited by temppei: Jul 14 2010, 04:41 PM

No solid caps?

wow, this is poison !!!

Cheapest M-ITX mobo ever...only support intel proc right?