mobo <HDMI> AVR <HDMI> LCD TV

what is the speakers &  AVR you're using now?

ok, let's assume you manage to get from world wide or local. what speaker you going to get?
if you plan to get lg HT964PZ-AM, I can see the duplicate here....

I guess majority of user here will still recommended you just get a htib for very tight budget and no plan for upgrade.
if you have plan to upgrade, may get the amp card (if really dirt cheap with mb) and onkyo 5 satellite speakers. in future, buy a avr to replace the amp card.

as paskal said, no output connection for sub.


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second question. confused on your setup. you said you're using ma785gt mobo and hd5770 gc. I don't think u gonna make any change rite...
can you confirm and share with wat the amp card you targeting? any picture or spec?

the only amp card from here that everyone can see, need to be bundled with the motherboard as the expansion slot are different. are you confirm ur motherboard can support? 

with not much budget to start, i won't go either way.
if i were you, i'd get myself some decent 5.1 speakers with a sub and use that instead for my movies. those shouldn't cost too much

but hey maybe that's just me.

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Added on April 4, 2010, 10:06 pmand owh forgot to add..
even if you manage to find the amplifier card for the mobo, you still have no sub.

a sub, IMHO is quite important for that umph in movies

I had a similar setup before I plug out my GC to another mobo...

When you plug in the HD5770, it will automatically disabled the on-board GC.. so all the hdmi/vga on the mobo are totally disabled..

There are settings on the BIOS on which graphic cards to select during boot time... usually PCI-E, PCI, IGP...

You can use still the HD5770 to connect to BOTH LG tv and LCD monitor with HDMI to LG tv and DVI to the LCD monitor....

The M4A785 ( Asus right ) can support 5 channels... 2 L/R, 2 RL/RR and centre and subwoofer from the audio out connectors...
Refer to the manual or d/l a copy of the user manual for details setup..

why u need 2 HDMI ?

suggest you use DVI for monitor, use hdmi for lg.
don't think u need audio for monitor. therefore dvi video will do.
so your 1 ATI graphic card are enough. 1 dvi 1 hdmi.

building is easy, the configuration is not. a htpc is just a normal desktop, any pc shop can build it for you. i reckon lowyat shops could build it

Hi

I too have this problem, but manage to solve it. If you guys are using ATI, as same as me, then this might help. ATI have a Overscan feature, and it is set to 15% (If i remember correctly ), so you guys got the top, bottom, left nad right black bar. This only happens on HDMI, I didn't this from VGA. This happens on both Windows 7 and XP as well. What you guys need to do is look in ATI Catalyst driver. IT's damn hidden in one of it's menu that said overscan. Just reset it back to 0 and you got full screen. I am not at home so I can;t give you the instructions, but basically this is what i did.

Hope this helps