Fan for htpc is too noisy for HT, imo.... or any other noise.

You are expecting lots of movie sounds non-stop throughout the movie? Aren't there quiet or dialogue moments during movies, which you would hear the htpc noises?

btw, can we get this LCD from electronic shops at Pasar Road also??

Have u done this before or intend to do one?

Hello guys.. Do we have a HTPC club in Malaysia?

ryansia's special designed facelit really nice 

btw..mine just the looks like htpc.. but not completed yet..
1)got vfd n remote but no xp with mce
2)only 1 display at the same time, dont know which gc can support 2 display at the same time..
3)no cordless keyboard n mouse
4)the dvi cable too short, causing the lcd cant put to a proper place 

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 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.

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

yeah. I got AMD x2 3800+ for my new HTPC.

Going to try to upscale Astro using FFDShow. Anyone has experience on this?

For HTPC, get something that runs cool and quiet.

For HD content, you can get the latest 3D cards like GeForce 7300/7600 that can accelerates H.264.

Wow cool, I gonna try to do it when I get my hands on my new LCD TV. Don't think I need to upscale it to 1920x1080 coz my LCD max can support 1366x768.

Ryan, after you upscale from SD to HD does the Astro image get stretch?
Ok. Will post together with my new xbox360 this saturday.

btw, how does upscaled astro looks? Good or not much different?

my humble setup

Haha...no money to buy speaker stand ma....
yupe plan to sell it, u interested ?????

xn125 cost me ard rm3000+++

My simple setup.

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My new LCD TV and HTPC. No money for any sound system. Pokaiz.

Just finished setup Astro Programme guide on MCE last nite. Took me 3 days last time just to reseach and setup the guide. Now its kacang puteh already. 

I am abit dissapointed with the quality of Astro images. Either running directly from composite cable or through MCE the quality still not that good. Can't expect much i guess since Astro is sending its signal in SD format.

But my tears of joy start flowing when I watch my downloaded Prison Break season 2 on my LCD TV. The quality is excellent. 

Yes I'm using composite. Didn't try S-Video because no cable. Will try it out. Thanks for the tip.

FFDShow will try tonite. Yesterday nite too busy setting up EPG and testing all the downloaded movies and series.

How much is the cheapest amp+speakers system around? I just want to have a basic 5.1 surround sound for my HTPC, xbox360, future PS3 and astro. Means the amp must have at least 4 or more inputs rite.

Managed to try out post proccessing Astro video yesterday. Result not that good. Overall image quality is ok but got pixelation when watching high speed shows like sports.

I used blur NR + resizing only. Even with all the post processing turned off I still get pixelation of high speed shows.  Did I miss something here? Anybody can give me some tips? 

Thanks you. 

I noticed u used the ASUS mobo with the built-in 6150 card. Did u install Nvidia Purevideo??

After Installing Purevideo, the DVD movie quality seems much better than the codec that comes with PowerDVD. btw, i still find it hard to believe MCE didn't at least give some cheap free codecs for DVD playing...it can't even play DVD by default!!!

Also, i'm starting to hate the online spotlight which is nothing more than gimmick to sell u rubbish online.

I think my XBMC on the XBOX has a far superior interface(and looks nicer) than MCE!!!

PS: PureVideo isn't free...it is only 30 days trial....Nvidia is greedy...but u can always look for the ahem ahem "pecah" file....

hee-hee.

Haha..really looked like a VCR.. 
I like slim case, so getting it..

Anyway,My low cost HTPC consists of:

ASUS M2NPV-VM (nvidia 6150 based) Mobo.. same mobo as AlamakLor..


SONY 18x DVD Writer DRU-830A


SMC Wifi Card (MIMO)


CoolerMaster Media Kit from SoundGraph


CM 430w PSU (not true power) & AMD64 x2 3600+ (cheapest in x2 series)


Logitech Wireless Keyboard, Mouse, CoolerMaster Media 260 Casing and Corsair ValueSelect DDR667 RAM 512MBx2