paid RM590 for that. add a cheapo 3.5" card reader that fits the slot for RM35.

i have the s/pdif built in on my asus mobo connected to my yamaha receiver and hence i don't need sound card....

i'll leave 1 of the pci slot emty to increase the space between my pasive cooled gfx card and the hauppauge 150.

This post has been edited by ryansia: Jun 30 2006, 10:25 AM

The x800 /x1900 should come bundled with it's own dongle, you can use it. Your Philips 34incher is widescreen? download powerstrip and use the custom res of 17xxby1000i to minimise overscan.

Yes there is, actually it's tapping the analog signal of the DVI-I to component

Resize to your native display IMO is better, the fx5200 may be a bit weak here. I bought a second hand 9600XT and get better result, image seems sharper.

This post has been edited by ciputra: Jun 30 2006, 03:03 PM

your friend budget of 1.5K RM imo is too low. for cheap remote, get any unused remote and with a DIY IR receiver with girder as software shld do it. but warning girder is steep like hell to understand

well ciputra, I would appreciate if you learn how to quote everyone that you want to reply into one post. That would make reading easier for others and not hog up the latest page with mostly your name.

You just need to click the "+Quote" on every post you want to reply then click "Morer Options" button to have them stack up nicely in quotes.

OK now back to some HTPC question, actually I would want to know how fast would a Windows MCE turns on start up?? Would it be as fast as your normal DVD player?

Ok thanks for the tip, How fast it will boot up really depends on your config, if you have cash to spare getting IRAM or rocket drive will make booting very very fast. But then again some high end dvdp are now not exactly speedy in boot

well, i was trying my existing rig to resize to 1080 coz planningto buy 37'' LCD TV with native rosolution of 1920x1080
will the built in 6150 mobo do this without sweat?

i'm using home brew receiver with girder. if you are just programing girder to mimic hot key on the keyboard then it's not too difficult.

kekeke luckily u didn't sound me on my previous few posts.....
win MCE start up like normal XP. imposible like DVD player. fastest is using S3 standby or hibernate.

Media Centre runs on top of XP so its std loading times plus a couple of seconds...
Usually I come home, press the power button, put my stuff aside and its up oredi...

yeah i know how its works..... realy difficult to understand it.....

u must have a super fast rig there....

No lah I just got lots of stuff to put aside, from power button to media centre load is like 1 min...

hi, i have a question. my htpc is only tv-out only. oke thats not much of concern. But apparently it can only connect via s-video cable. My gc is 9250. i've tried to use the convertor from my 9800 card but can't seem to get it to work. is it true that my 9250 can only work on s-video only? thanks.

also are there any software to control the display for ati. display configuration is likethe ones we have in the monitor. apparently mine runs crappy and its a bit mis aligned and slightly curved

I started off using radeon 9250 AGP and s-video out to my TV, the output was crappy, got scanlines and snow also (hard to describe). No matter what resolution I setting in my ATI Catalyst Control Centre the output was no good.

Thats why I relegated that old PC to "Internet Station" and bought a new pc as my "Workstation" / "Media Centre" ...

so basically its the gc's fault? i thought scanlines are common ( i'm using an old curved tv monitor) playing video isn't a problem and its clear but the scan lines are giving me a headache as i can't read the fonts in windows

Can't say 100% GC fault, but my Radoen 9250 compare with new X1300 Pro can see the diff (s-video cable + TV is still same).

Of course scan lines problem cos TV only 480 lines horizontal. I output at 800x600 to TV but even at 640x480 theres no way to read the text (or see my desktop) too. Watch Bleach is OK... Play Winamp with visualization also ok lah (dancing girl)

it depends on the quality of the TV encoder on the GC. if you use the cheapo generic S video to composit cable, most of the time you will have bad image. try to use S video on your TV. try to toggle output signal between NTSC or PAL on your GC controller to check which will output better quality. Don't expect clear text on TV cause it's nearly impposible to read w/o headache via composit or s video.... unless u r using VGA or DVi on LCD TV.

so, where is exactly you bought that. any local store you might suggest.

thanks a lot

there's no diff for composit and rca. cause my tv monitor sucks. there are no significant difference when you use a high quality card and the low class card. cause video playback doesn't need much of the gc's juice unless i run post processing. difference will come when i play games.

i'm concern of the frequency of the tv out. will it spoilt the tv?

so far i didn heard anynews about this issue...

Noobie here. Any idea when we get to have HDMI port in card?