whats "run-in"??

More shots of my current noob HT setup.

Running at 1080i via components (Cos' no HDCP) & optical ...too bad its just a HTIB w/o DTS-HD
All the wires I hide'em in the casing and run it all the way to the back cupboard...
I got 10m length HDMI-->DVI cable to let go (Bought them mistakely)
Its the rear surround speakers should be place at ear level?? Some said it should be place at least 2ft above ear level ..

Difference between 1080i or 720p, best be seen using test pattterns. If use movie images, very subjective.

just tumpang tanya...I am thinking if can set up a HT room with the automation system, whereby when i want to watch movie, i just press 1 button on the switch(let say movie time button) it will help me to dim down the light, roll down my screen, and then roll down my roller blind curtain, on my projector, on my AV equipment, on the air con....everything done auto just with 1 button press.

then after finish the show want to leave the HT room, i press another button, it will roll up the screen, on the light, off the projector and tv and also the other AV equipment. then after i leave the room for 5 minutes, it will turn the light off as well.

wondering if anyone have this kind of set up for their HT room?sound very high tech ho?is it possible to be done?

I saw cable going under the tilam..wheres that cable going??

ps3 and output ripped blurays with HD audio
KENG

i also wanto know how

Posting my pics so this will be update.
My PS3 Roughly RM 1600
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My Yamaha RX-V663 AV Receiver [ RM 1890 from Legend ]
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My Popcorn Hour A100 media streamer [ Roughly Rm 800 ]
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Watching Ghost in the Shell Blue Ray rip ( H264/MKV/DTS ) movie Free
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My Aztech 200 mbps Ethernet homeplug ( downstairs )
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My Aztech 200 mbps Ethernet homeplug ( upstairs ) beside my computer rig connected my Dlink DIR-655 router. I have about 1-2 TB of storage
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My BR5 floor standing speakers with the BR-LCR on the wall shelf i bought from Ikea. Tucked in the left corner is my Creative S750 Gigaworks subwoofer.
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This is my left BR-FX surround speaker mounted on the wall
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This is the left BR-FX behind the wall where we hid the wiring and put under the rug to neaten it up
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This is the right BR-FX which as you can see is hiding the cables behind the couch and is along the curtain rail.
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The BR5, BR-LCR, BR-FX and the Rhodium wiring cables all total to RM 4.2 K  :]
Anyway if you see from my setup, i have eliminated the need for a dvd player as dvd sources online are freely available. For blue ray i have 2 choices. Download 720p or 1080p blue ray rips online to watch over the popcorn, OR pop in a blue ray disc into my PS3 to watch.

Popcorn makes my home theater media experience so much flexible and enjoyable 

With my setup i got the following support which i tested and confirmed.

Videos:

H264

XVID
Containers

MKV

AVI
Audio:

AC3

DTS

AAC 24000 hz

AAC 48000 hz

MP3

WMA Pro

Mpeg 1
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iman, u can get it either online or thru a seller in penang

iman, u can get it either online or thru a seller in penang

er.... tis thing does not convert mkv file
anyway, i pm u the details

The popcorn A100 plays videos that use containers such as AVI and MKV that are pc formats meant for pc usage originally.

If you have an original blueray disc and an internal blue ray drive for your pc, you can encode it to H264 and put into a MKV container using AUTOMKV which is the program i recommend for that. There is a popcorn A100 profile in AUTOMKV latest beta by the way :] to gurantee your encode will play smoothly on the popcorn.

Instead of blueray sources, you could also choose to do the same for DVD disc sources 

Get HDX... PCH is for the weak ..

HDX n PCH are NMT's
MKV n Divx are Containers.
Maybe I should start a thread on NMT's.. we have a few now.

Popcorn has 100 mbps ethernet .....

I would suggest getting the newer 200mbps homeplugs. My aztech one is good :]

iman, post ur queries on the pch thread

Here are my current setup.Pics are not good enough coz use camera hp only.

how much the best price u got ?

make sure u also sending picture of ur HT set-up together with ur newly born PS3..

simple low cost setup... glad to share with u guys here... PAI SEH PAI SEH

LCD = 32" Samsung S8 series
CRT = 21" JVC (5 year old model)
DVD = Denon 1730 (got from a friend for RM350)
Blu ray = PS3 (firmware stop at ver. 2.30) still no plan for further upgrade 
Sound system = Yamaha TSS-10 (old old model.. hehe)

LCD for HD viewing and gaming.
CRT for local TV channel (no astro  ) and PS2/X-Box/Gamecube use.

My newbie setups



The first set move out to the living room already cos the receiver is too damn big for my table