haha sorry typo, G45 i meant......... G looks like P for me....

CW02 price is quite expensive if not mistaken due to the media control thing, but u can opt it as option iianm

that's the thing about AV stuff, people like me found HD / BR to be not much better than DVD - what to do, eyes not clever to see.

on the other hand i have a friend who plopped a few hundred K just for home-theatre system. I setup a PC for him just to watch movies (many years back, using Radeon 9700) and according to this guy the PC is actually better at watching DVD (some bitrate / decoding / whatever la. me not clear). fun experience though, setting 16:9 resolution for projector that's easily 5 times more expensive that his computer (P4 with ABIT IC7-G i think) . those days mana ada wide-LCD yet.

it was a HTPC alright but using tower casing la.

does htpc require high end gpu?

Similar but not the same? Nahhh. The terminology refers to different things in the first place.........

put it this way la.

HTPC = a PC for HT purpose. simple as that. doesn't matter what the size. you put CM Stacker and hook it up to HT system, also HT PC already. silent or not. normally people prefer it to be small la cos big not so nice, kacau the HT feel.

SFF = SFF - small form factor. Not even referring to a PC or it's functionality. It's just saying something of SMALL form. it can be a gaming PC, file server, print server, P2P rig, whatever you can think of. the idea is just to have everything in compact form. that's it.

not really look back few post back... mention tht hd2400 can play back dvd.

no need la. play video only what. but if you want to make it into a gaming machine to play on your LCD TV - get a better graphic card la.

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Added on May 9, 2008, 6:13 pmaiyah even onboard also enough ler. depends on how you want it la.

This post has been edited by goldfries: May 9 2008, 06:13 PM

it seems that goldfries is really in this thread... almost every page has the optimus prime avatar.

i should go to the one in audiophiles section. they the pros. me just budding HTer.

about ram? 1gb enough? my next mod project is htpc, so what do i need?
i have
-p4 HT proc
-p4 mobo + onboard graphic
-350w psu
-1gb ddr ram

above is enough already?

my plan is to have 512mb only. yes. those look good.

well, there used to have this amd marketin strategy which is amd proc bundled with mobo... i wonder if they still do this type of marketing?

you mean like those SFF from Shuttle? the Shuttle XPC.

nope... i mean back in few years ago.... where by back in y2k when i got my first amd duron. it came bundle with a ECS mobo.

how bro snipe mod the lappie dvd-rom drive? so nice... aaa...

built my HTPC long ago....it also doubles as my torrent rig.

Specs of my HTPC:-
AMD Athlon 2800+ s754
Biostar TForce 6100 s754
Kingston KVR DDR400 512MB*2
WD 250gb SATA2 HDD
WD 320gb SATA1 HDD (thinking of changing the 2 HDDs for a single 500gb)
Colorful 8600GT Ultra Edition (HDMI out to TV)
Samsung DVD Rom & Samsung CDRW
CoolerMaster Real Power 450w ACLX
Cheapo RM38 Wireless Mini KB w/ built in pointer control (best replacement for remote control bought in PC3 in LYP)
Linksys Wireless USB Adapter
Creative Audigy 4
Edifer R501 MK-II
LG 42" Plasma TV
Microfly SFF m-ATX Casing

actually my HTPC also good enough to turn into a low-mid range gaming PC which was my initial plan...but after 2 years i still havent installed any games in the rig yet

nevermind... use it for entertainment... creative audigy 4...not bad.... but budget creative card would be soundblaster 5.1 rite?

my board!

now need to find all the other parts.

btw off-topic

mADmAN, your setup looks like my filesharing / print server

AMD Athlon 2800+ s754
Biostar TForce 6100 s754 (I'm using 6100-M7)
Kingston KVR DDR400 512MB*2 (i'm using 1 stick)

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Added on May 9, 2008, 6:50 pmoh darn. i just realize it's a PCI slot! not PCI-E!

This post has been edited by goldfries: May 9 2008, 06:50 PM

Depends on what you want.

Like me, my HTPC is for:
(1) Internet TV streaming.
(2) Widescreen LCD tv 1:1 pixel mapping.
(3) Play DVD movies.
(4) View Photos collection.
(5) Play Emulator games.
(6) Run Windows Media Centre 2005.

Only Athlon 1800+, 768MB RAM, and a GF 6200. Does the job already.

Unless you plan to play blue-ray disc, no need for high end system.

In fact it can even run some older games decently, tried Crazy Taxi 3 and Doom 3...ha-ha. But no intention playing it on the LCD TV coz the feel is not right. I've tried viewing HD movies (1024 x 768, 1280 x720) and they runs okay. But running 1080p movies will choke the frame rates. Not that i've a lot of HD movies to run anyway, so no worries.

pci card still can get those low-end radeon 7000. Hehe... but graphic going to be sucks compared to the on board?

just go for gaygaybyte 780g mobo