Ahh..about time i found other msian htpc enthusiasts. I've been playing around with htpc for some time with my main rig but finally have enuf cash to set up a dedicated htpc rig. Most of the components are transfered from my old rig plus a few xtras Will post some pics when I'm done assembling it

Silverstone LC10M Black
P4 2.6C
ASUS P4P800 deluxe
9800 PRO + HDTV Component Adapter
HDA X-Plosion - DTS & Dolby Digital Encoder
Kingston Value 1GB DDR
2 x 250GB IDE WD
2 x 250GB SATA WD
Pioneer DVD-RW
Haupage MCE150
MCE OEM
Denon AVR 2106
Klipsch Quintet I
Mission MS6 Subwoofer

Was planning to get KEF eggs (KHT 2005.2) but it was way out of my budget after i included my speaker, woofer & component cables.

I've tried Frontends such as myHTPC, meedio and media portal but how do u find sagetv so far ryansia? I'm gonna give MCE a try since so far it seems to be one of the most stable PVR/Frontend software.

There's a site where an enthusiast has created a software to provide EPG to MCE, sage tv, etc at this site www.tvxb.com. Basically its a plugin to convert a schedule into *.xmltv and it works together with another plugin called Bladerunner Pro which reads the xmltv file and plays it to MCE.
Have yet to test it out with MCE or other frontends since i dont have an IR blaster yet. Maybe you can give it a try..hehe

This post has been edited by Moonguy: Apr 19 2006, 08:06 PM

Hi Guys,,
Currently setting up my HTPC but am now stumped with a problem with my Hauppage 150 MCE:

I've connected the I/R receiver to my Astro set top box decoder. The problem i'm facing now is that although MCE was able to 'learn' all of the channels via my astro remote, I still can't change the channels with my Hauppage remote control.
Example : Channel 40 keyed in but ill get Channel 4 on my Astro.
Any idea where i went wrong or wat's the solution?

I'm having the same problem too, looking for the updated ini file. Tried dropping a line to terrencey, hopefully he can help out. Anyone else have any idea on getting epg running? Too spolied without it!