thank u ya thats 32" caused me broke for 2 months

-casing=antec 2400+lis mblast play+pioneer dvdrw burner

ha.. im disqualified to lead a club, broken english, not active oftern

yaya.. but i dont have a lot HD ee.. dvdrip has a lot

ckhoong, nice setup there. All you need is a decent GC with dual display. I'm using a G4 MX 440, VGA to my monitor and TV-Out to TV. Envy that you have a 32in LCD TV Saving up for mine.

HTPC Club. Yeah!!! It will have my support.

Our singaporean neighbour have a very nice and resourceful site. The link

SIlverstone HTPC thread, pls visit

Silverstone HTPC case

I am going to treat my Centurion 5 as a HTPC soon Although no money to change the case, but I am buying a lot of stuff to make it quieter.

Now I just need to see if I can plug in a dual core, so it's great to do some video editing ... somehow it's rather hard to find s939 dual core in Penang.

Hi,

Can someone PM me the DIY Remote Control guide..

i'm going to start on my HTPC, was looking for casings that have RC included till i found out here that can DIY


* I just found the link on page 6...

This post has been edited by No1n$anE: Sep 23 2006, 06:36 PM

hi all...m planning to build up htpc...already hav a system ere...my gfx is ati radeon x1950xtx..wat is the best lcd tv to pair with it?i want to use the lcd tv for daily use..m afraid text is not clear if i use lcd tv..prefer 26inch...any suggestion?

Im building a HTPC in a week or two with the following stuff:

Casing: Silverstone LC11B

Mobo: Asus M2NPV-VM

Sound Card: EMU 1212m

Processor: AM2 3500+
Ram: 1gb 667 - still deciding what brand

If you're pairing up with a LCD TV then the display will be similar to a LCD Monitor. Just need to set the screen resolution to the LCD TV's native resolution then it will be sharp and clear already.

I am currently outputting my HTPC display through TV-out to my normal TV. The text are not readable at all even at 640x480. I don't think there will be any issue with LCD TV. Just need to consider how far you will be sitting away from the LCD TV. 26" is not that big, if you sit too far away and running 1366x768 resolution, you might not be able to read text from browsers. But watching shows is fine.

I am planning to buy a Samsung LA32R7 32" LCD TV tonite to replace my TV. I not guru in LCD TV and never used 1 b4 so couldn't give you much suggestion. For me, LA32R7 is perfect for me, taking into consideration of price and features. It has a 26" version but 1 or 2 feature is slightly lower than the 32" model.

Bro,

Wow, nice casing. My casing is SG01 Evolution.

I am using Asus M2NPV-VM currently. Be careful. This mobo very sensitive to RAM. Crashed everytime I install Windows.

I have to tweaked the bios to manually set the RAM timing and voltage to get it stable.

I am using kingston 667 ddr2 ram.

This post has been edited by terencey: Oct 4 2006, 09:55 AM

yes, and the mobo only max out at 1.9Vram...choosing a stable 1.8V ram is giving me headache any recommendation? looking at patriot/geil/Vdata

How's the component tv out working for you, and does the onboard vga works ok? compared to my current FX5200

The SG01 is not bad, but doesnt seem "HTPC" enough

I would really like to get ahanix casing, but the casing itself is more expensive than many "audiophile" components.....

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Oct 4 2006, 09:59 AM

Yeah LC11B definately looks much better than SG01 how much is it anyway?

Regarding the mobo, i googled around and found alot of ppl faced the same BSOD problem due to the ram issue. Most of them solved it by increasing the voltage to 1.9V. For me I increased it to 1.9V and manually set the timing to CL5 and specified the RAM type as DDR2667 in the bios to get my windows installed. Now I revert back the voltage and so far so good.

Haven't tested the component tv out yet. Just finised installing MCE and setting up Astro and EPG on it from a monitor last nite. Fed up with TV-out already, tonite go get a LCD TV.

yeah ive also read alot about them picky on rams....or maybe the rams just dont work very well at their lowest rated voltage. Definitely have to pump it to 1.9v Ive also read that ppl couldnt use ddr800 with them and had to lower it to 667 in order to work

any problem with dual channel? my guess is probab;y have to boot up with 1 stick first to set the bios...

the casing will cost arounf RM600+ here

btw when u said tv out, did you mean componsite out? lol....composite cannot be used 1 ler

same as lcd monitor...wat bout movie playback then?i hav tested my card using sony 21inch tv..movie playback is very clear compare to lcd monitor..will it be the same as lcd monitor quality if i use lcd tv?

I used dual channel straight away. After doing some tweaking on ram setting then ok already.

RM 600 ah. Not very expensive. My SG01 cost RM500. Dam now you make me feel abit regret getting SG01.

Yeah, composite out. My old TV no component input ma. Quality sucks for composite out.

s-video oso dun have meh? i bought a cheapo 24" tv bout 3 yrs ago....it cost me RM600 last time...and it is a true flat screen, with component and s-video input

On normal TV, movie playback no problem. But on LCD Monitor got some problem if your LCD Monitor's contrast ratio is not high. But it should not be a problem for LCD TV because LCD TV has higher contrast ratio compared to LCD Monitor/


S-video tak dak. Not to mention compponent input. Mine 21" Panasonic True Flat Screen. bought few years ago for around rm700

OT: dam cute your puppy!!!

This post has been edited by terencey: Oct 4 2006, 11:26 AM

beware, some of the LCD TV's vga in don't even support the native resolution(very strange), not to mention the HDMI port with 1366x768 panel......

what's the best deal out there for 32" r7??
actually the 32'' wide screen is much smaller than the 29'' 4:3 crt.......... if you are used to the 29", reccomend 37" LCD and above.

Hmmm like that I better research abit of 32" R7 see if the vga supports 1366x768.

I got a quote from SS2 shop RM4180. SenQ selling RM4998 with 5yrs warranty + insurance.

I am using 21" currently. So should be fine No money to invest in anything more than 32" la. Just spent 2.5k on my new HTPC and going to buy Xbox360 this weekend. pokai liao.

This post has been edited by terencey: Oct 4 2006, 12:20 PM

The Selling price of LC11 is arround RM600++ here also but the LC11 canot support Core2 due to 300W power supply.


This post has been edited by Edifier: Oct 4 2006, 12:29 PM

htpc no need so kau kua.....AM2 3500+ only 62W sitll lots of juice for other stuff