Change resolution to native resolution (should be 1366x768 assuming the 32" is only hd ready and not fullhd)

Then set the picture mode to "PC" instead of movie, game etc.

Just wanna share some photos of the HTPC I built for my hometown at KL, connecting to my dad's 42LG53FR and our old-but-faithful Sony Mini Hi-fi

Our hall have no space for 5.1/7.1 setup so it's stereo all the way for us

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5G43T-M PRO HDMI
2x2GB ADATA XPG DDR3-1333 CL8
3x500GB Samsung HD501LJ HDD
Asus DRW-201451T DVD Writer
K-World TV878 PCI TV Tuner
Vantec ION2+ 450W ATX PSU
Cooler Master Aquagate Mini R80 (self-contained water cooling kit)
XQbox X-Cube HTPC Case

Water cooling + silent fan + silent PSU = silent HTPC


















AV connection is on-board G43 => HDMI => LG TV => RCA audio => Sony Hi-fi

Other connections:
Astro decoder (RCA video) => LG TV
Astro decoder (S-video) => TV Tuner
Astro decoder (RCA audio) => splitter => LG TV + on-board sound line-in
Wii => YPbPr component video + RCA audio => LG TV

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Added on March 28, 2010, 12:20 amNot no one wanna help, more like nobody know how to help!! (maybe you also posted in the wrong section)

As far as I know only genuine AMP-brand Cat5e cable can run gigabit reliably, or go for other brand Cat6

I dunno how to answer your question about the idea of putting network cable and power line together, perhaps it's okay? Dun blame me if it doesn't work

Since this is network related question, try asking it in the appropriate section of the forum

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Added on March 28, 2010, 12:22 amWhat connection are you using? VGA? DVI? HDMI?

This post has been edited by Bart-man: Mar 28 2010, 12:22 AM

Thanks!

Yes, S-video is better quality than RCA video. That is why I connect it to TV Tuner coz I prefer to record in higher quality

Have you bought the processor and mobo yet? If not, why not consider using Intel platform? It is lower power and lower cost and better performance than the AMD equivalent

Compare this 3 combos (all 3 mobos have HDMI port):
1) Pentium DC E6500 2.93GHz + Asus P5G43T-M = ~RM460
2) Athlon II X2 250 3.0Ghz + Gigabyte A785GMT = ~RM540
3) Core i3 530 2.93GHz + Gigabyte H55M-S2H = ~RM720

If you do some research, combo 1 actually give you better performance and lower power than combo 2 despite being cheaper. The only catch here is that the processor socket (LGA775) slowly being replaced by the Core i3/i5/i7 socket (LGA1156), which is why some people recommend spending a little more for combo 3 nowadays. Core i3 is even lower power than the rest due to the 32nm fabrication process and performance is a lot higher too (i3 is similar to Core 2 Quad performance)

To see the performance comparison check out http://www.anandtech.com/Bench/

Oh, as long as you look for a HT model with HDMI input and output, you can passthrough both audio+video through HDMI from your HTPC to the HDMI input of the HT. The HT will output the audio through its speakers and pass the video to the TV via its HDMI output

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Added on April 29, 2010, 5:41 pmDo check out the spec and some photos of the HTPC I built for my hometown

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1354755?author=Bart-man

This post has been edited by Bart-man: Apr 29 2010, 05:41 PM