Author Topic: Share your HTPC Setup (Read 345548 times)

jambam · « **Reply #1020 on:** Jul 11, 2006 at 09:51 AM »

Quote from: alexg on Jul 11, 2006 at 07:28 AM

How do you order from tipidpc?

Would this case take a full size ATX mobo?

join tipidpc and PM babinang

micro atx lang...

alexg · « **Reply #1021 on:** Jul 11, 2006 at 10:11 AM »

Quote from: jambam on Jul 11, 2006 at 09:51 AM

join tipidpc and PM babinang

micro atx lang...

Thanks!

Am already a member, unfortunately my mobo is a full atx. I guess I have to go with the Lian Li htpc case.

jambam · « **Reply #1022 on:** Jul 13, 2006 at 01:38 PM »

Courtesy of a friend from HK

MSI K8NGM2-FID is the best overall Socket 939 GeForce 6150 board

Comes with DVI / VGA / Component /S-Video/ ouputs spdif header and 7.1 Audio outs

mheloy · « **Reply #1023 on:** Jul 13, 2006 at 02:19 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Jul 11, 2006 at 06:06 AM

Tried hooking my HTPC to my Epson EMP-S3 projector and definitely resolution and video quality kicks the butt out of my Philips DVD player with progressive scan. I'm happy I made the right decision.

sir ano specs ng HTPC mo?

Thanks

voj · « **Reply #1024 on:** Jul 13, 2006 at 02:50 PM »

Quote from: jambam on Jul 13, 2006 at 01:38 PM

Courtesy of a friend from HK

MSI K8NGM2-FID is the best overall Socket 939 GeForce 6150 board

Comes with DVI / VGA / Component /S-Video/ ouputs spdif header and 7.1 Audio outs

ano gagamitin mo processor dyan?

thanks

jambam · « **Reply #1025 on:** Jul 13, 2006 at 04:15 PM »

Quote

ano gagamitin mo processor dyan?

thanks

AMD64 x2 3800 or 3500xp

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1026 on:** Jul 13, 2006 at 05:49 PM »

Quote from: mheloy on Jul 13, 2006 at 02:19 PM

sir ano specs ng HTPC mo?

Thanks

P4 1.6Ghz
512MB DDR
80GB HDD
ATI Radeon 7000
Sound Blaster Audigy via SPDIF
DVD Combo Drive

As I have said this is a budget HTPC but ok na sa DVD viewing and listening to my music connected to my Denon 1803 AVR. Still in the process of upgrading.....

bote · « **Reply #1027 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 01:16 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Jul 13, 2006 at 05:49 PM

P4 1.6Ghz
512MB DDR
80GB HDD
ATI Radeon 7000
Sound Blaster Audigy via SPDIF
DVD Combo Drive

As I have said this is a budget HTPC but ok na sa DVD viewing and listening to my music connected to my Denon 1803 AVR. Still in the process of upgrading.....

Nice receiver. I used to have an 1802 before I upgraded to 3803. I coupled that with a Rotel power amp and it rocked!!!

backdraft · « **Reply #1028 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 01:27 AM »

Doc,

ano casing gamit mo dyan? picture naman dyan

jpadua · « **Reply #1029 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 03:00 AM »

Quote from: jambam on Jul 13, 2006 at 01:38 PM

Courtesy of a friend from HK

MSI K8NGM2-FID is the best overall Socket 939 GeForce 6150 board

Comes with DVI / VGA / Component /S-Video/ ouputs spdif header and 7.1 Audio outs

Thats a really nice mobo!!! mini review!

deo · « **Reply #1030 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 10:00 AM »

mga bro, outdated na ata ako sa PC..na amaze kasi ako ng nakita ko to

http://www.dell.com/ces grabe...pwde ko na install ung Windows XP ko sa laki ng memory ng Video card!

coolkiks · « **Reply #1031 on:** Jul 14, 2006 at 10:25 AM »

just want to share my set up ( built last April 2006 ). don't know if it falls on HTPC, but for me it does hehe since e2 gamit ko to view dvd's, listen to mp3's etc etc.

MOBO: Asus P5LD2 Deluxe
CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz (930)
Memory: OCZ DDR2 PC5400 Value Series
HD: Seagate 300 GB, 160GB
Video Card: HIS x1600 Pro IceQ 256 MB
Monitor: Viewsonic VA1912WB 19"wide screen LCD
Optical Drive: Imation DVD Writer

Casing: CM Centurion 5,
PS: CM Real Power 450 W
CPU Fan: Zalman CNPS9500LED
CM Muskeeter
Speakers: Altec Lansing ATP-3

OS:Windows XP Media Center 2005

pix to follow na lng po....

planning to upgrade my casing, add TV tuner...

doughn · « **Reply #1032 on:** Jul 15, 2006 at 12:02 AM »

mga sirs ano magandang stand-alone tv-tuner for my lcd monitor?? TIA

-doughn

Meridian-Audio · « **Reply #1033 on:** Jul 15, 2006 at 12:22 AM »

@doughn Viewsonic N5 try to visit this thread.

http://pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=54376.0

doughn · « **Reply #1034 on:** Jul 15, 2006 at 10:33 PM »

@Meridian-Audio

Maraming Salamas..

-doughn

ronjet · « **Reply #1035 on:** Jul 15, 2006 at 10:50 PM »

sir jambam... how much score mo dyan? nice!

jambam · « **Reply #1036 on:** Jul 15, 2006 at 11:30 PM »

Quote from: ronjet on Jul 15, 2006 at 10:50 PM

sir jambam... how much score mo dyan? nice!

HK$630

voj · « **Reply #1037 on:** Jul 16, 2006 at 10:01 PM »

Building my HTPC:

more pics to follow.

Special thanks to the people of TipidPC who actually assembled this for me yesterday: babinang and his people, darthmaul, piso, axlrose, etc. Notice the neat cable management

Processor to follow. Awaiting price drop.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1038 on:** Jul 16, 2006 at 10:12 PM »

Nice one voj! Galing!

Just wondering if having a separate sound card (with SPDIF out) would fare better in sound quality as compared to the integrated MOBO soundcard with SPDIF out considering that the DD and DTS soundtracks are just passing through this output if you are going to use an HT receiver?

jpadua · « **Reply #1039 on:** Jul 16, 2006 at 10:21 PM »

Nice one Voj!!!!

Mel, the onboard spdif can only pass AC-3 , DTS and PCM Stereo. The Xmystique that Voj got from me, can do realtime AC-3 encoding. So even analog sources, sounds from computer games, mp3, VCD, TV Tuner, will be converted to Dolby Digital.

Just sold the last Xmystique yesterday!

Jay

voj · « **Reply #1040 on:** Jul 16, 2006 at 10:29 PM »

Quote from: jpadua on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:21 PM

Nice one Voj!!!!

Mel, the onboard spdif can only pass AC-3 , DTS and PCM Stereo. The Xmystique that Voj got from me, can do realtime AC-3 encoding. So even analog sources, sounds from computer games, mp3, VCD, TV Tuner, will be converted to Dolby Digital.

Just sold the last Xmystique yesterday!

Jay

Thanks mel and jay

,

Sayang, Jay, one guy at TipidPC HQ kept asking me to sell the Xmystique to him and I told him to contact you (come to think of it baka siya na nga bumili nung last mo

) Anyway, papatulong pa rin ako sa iyo, ha. Hindi nila forte HTPC marami pang fine-tuning kailangan.

Babinang lent me an Athlon 64 3200+ just so we can boot test the parts so that I can return any defective parts I might have bought. The Ninja Plus CPU cooler turned out to be too big for the case, luckily, someone took it off my hands there for a little less than what I bought it for. Now waiting for the price drop.

jpadua · « **Reply #1041 on:** Jul 17, 2006 at 04:47 AM »

Quote from: voj on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:29 PM

Thanks mel and jay ,

Sayang, Jay, one guy at TipidPC HQ kept asking me to sell the Xmystique to him and I told him to contact you (come to think of it baka siya na nga bumili nung last mo ) Anyway, papatulong pa rin ako sa iyo, ha. Hindi nila forte HTPC marami pang fine-tuning kailangan.

Babinang lent me an Athlon 64 3200+ just so we can boot test the parts so that I can return any defective parts I might have bought. The Ninja Plus CPU cooler turned out to be too big for the case, luckily, someone took it off my hands there for a little less than what I bought it for. Now waiting for the price drop.

Voj,

Baka nga... the guy who bought it from me was from TPC nga... he just signed up daw just to contact me for the card... he's loving it right now

nice to know...

Jay

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1042 on:** Jul 17, 2006 at 08:18 AM »

Quote from: jpadua on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:21 PM

Nice one Voj!!!!

Mel, the onboard spdif can only pass AC-3 , DTS and PCM Stereo. The Xmystique that Voj got from me, can do realtime AC-3 encoding. So even analog sources, sounds from computer games, mp3, VCD, TV Tuner, will be converted to Dolby Digital.

Just sold the last Xmystique yesterday!

Jay

Wow amazing! Thanks for that info Jay. Very tempting.....

stipen22 · « **Reply #1043 on:** Jul 17, 2006 at 05:32 PM »

Hi to all you guyz here, I'm just stumble on with this sound card over the net just want to hear comments from you about this card. Thankz!!!

http://www.auzentech.com/products_xplosion.html#tour

jpadua · « **Reply #1044 on:** Jul 17, 2006 at 09:59 PM »

Quote from: stipen22 on Jul 17, 2006 at 05:32 PM

Hi to all you guyz here, I'm just stumble on with this sound card over the net just want to hear comments from you about this card. Thankz!!!

http://www.auzentech.com/products_xplosion.html#tour

This is a great Sound card, very similar to the Xmystique but with the addition of DTS connect.

Xmystique = Realtime Dolby Digital Encoding.
Xplosion = Realtime Dolby Digital Encoding and Realtime DTS encoding. (yes it can do both)

Meridian-Audio · « **Reply #1045 on:** Jul 18, 2006 at 08:28 AM »

Quote from: voj on Jul 16, 2006 at 10:01 PM

Building my HTPC:

more pics to follow.

Special thanks to the people of TipidPC who actually assembled this for me yesterday: babinang and his people, darthmaul, piso, axlrose, etc. Notice the neat cable management

Processor to follow. Awaiting price drop.

Hi voj,

Wer did u get ur HTPC case & how much did u get ur DFI lanparty?
Is it the one being sold by waycool of tpc?
Thanks

voj · « **Reply #1046 on:** Jul 18, 2006 at 08:59 AM »

Quote from: Meridian-Audio on Jul 18, 2006 at 08:28 AM

Hi voj,

Wer did u get ur HTPC case & how much did u get ur DFI lanparty?
Is it the one being sold by waycool of tpc?
Thanks

DFI lan party, xfx 7300gt, scythe ninja plus thru waycool of tipidpc
HDD, memory, HEC winpower thru tchjunction of tipidpc
xmystique thru jaypadua
benq dvd writer thru villman park square
btc keyboard thru octagon megamall
hdmi to dvi cable, hdmi to dvi converter thru jambam

dell lcd monitors thru dell usa
silverstone case thru ebay usa
hauppauge 250 thru ebay usa
spire soundpad, peerless wall mount thru online stores, can't remember

i posted some of these a few pages back.

The DFI lanparty nf4 ultra-d is P8200.00

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1047 on:** Jul 18, 2006 at 06:59 PM »

How come when I watch DVDs using my DVD player, my projector reads that the resolution is 525p. But when I use the PC to watch DVDs in my projector, it reads 800x600 up to 1260x768 not 480p, 525p or 720p.

Is there any equivalent on the computer's resolution to the dvd's resolution? I'm kind confused with these values.

Meridian-Audio · « **Reply #1048 on:** Jul 18, 2006 at 07:13 PM »

Ano gamit mo connection between PJ & DVD player?
Meron ka ba gamit na specific software to manage resolution sa HTPC mo? like Powerstrips or equivalent?

jpadua · « **Reply #1049 on:** Jul 18, 2006 at 07:58 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Jul 18, 2006 at 06:59 PM

How come when I watch DVDs using my DVD player, my projector reads that the resolution is 525p. But when I use the PC to watch DVDs in my projector, it reads 800x600 up to 1260x768 not 480p, 525p or 720p.

Is there any equivalent on the computer's resolution to the dvd's resolution? I'm kind confused with these values.

I'm guess you are using VGA (PC input) on your projector. Not sure if this will work, but you can try to set your video card to output a standard HDTV signal. for 720p set your display to 1280x720 @ 60hz. If you PJ displays 1280x720 and not 720 maybe its just because you are connected via VGA and the PJ is assuming the signal is a PC.

In my case, my LCD TV displays 1280x720 60hz using my htpc. I hooked up a samsung upscaling DVD player to my LCD using the DVI port and when I selected 720p the LCD TV displayed 1280x720 60hz, I selected 1080i on the player and the LCD displayed 1920x1080i 60hz.

It shouldnt really matter what your PJ displays, as long as you know you are outputing the resolution you want.