Comments on: Building my HTPC (Part II) http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/ Blog of Paul ("Aeoth") Jenkins, forging the way into awesomeness through Android and WPF/.NET dev Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-11963 Paul Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-11963 @Steve: Yeah, its now a black HDDVD/Bluray/DVD combo drive, and in an entirely TV unit :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeoth/2553603782/ You can see the black drive there. We've now got the HTPC sitting in the glass door cupboards - it just needed a little bit of timber cut out at the back so we could get the HDMI cable through first! @Steve: Yeah, its now a black HDDVD/Bluray/DVD combo drive, and in an entirely TV unit :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeoth/2553603782/

You can see the black drive there. We’ve now got the HTPC sitting in the glass door cupboards – it just needed a little bit of timber cut out at the back so we could get the HDMI cable through first!

]]> By: Steve http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-11897 Steve Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:06:16 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-11897 Have you considered swapping the optical drive for a unit in black, I have this case with 2x black DVD drives (set to different region codes) and it looks great. Have you considered swapping the optical drive for a unit in black, I have this case with 2x black DVD drives (set to different region codes) and it looks great.

]]> By: Review: Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H/Intel G45 Chipset - Paul's Blog - Australian MSP http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-4419 Review: Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H/Intel G45 Chipset - Paul's Blog - Australian MSP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:35:38 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-4419 [...] My initial choice for a G33 board for my HTPC was to get whatever would work for the right price, with the goal of turning it into a gaming capable machine by adding a PCIe x16 graphics card which would also give me DVI/HDMI output. As cool as gaming on a 40" 1080p panel is, the keyboard and mouse just aren't up to scratch in their current forms. [...] [...] My initial choice for a G33 board for my HTPC was to get whatever would work for the right price, with the goal of turning it into a gaming capable machine by adding a PCIe x16 graphics card which would also give me DVI/HDMI output. As cool as gaming on a 40" 1080p panel is, the keyboard and mouse just aren't up to scratch in their current forms. [...]

]]> By: Building my HTPC (Part V: Finale) - Paul’s Blog - Australian MSP http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3977 Building my HTPC (Part V: Finale) - Paul’s Blog - Australian MSP Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:54:58 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-3977 [...] Part II: Building my HTPC [...] [...] Part II: Building my HTPC [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 Paul Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:47:16 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-3942 @Extremo, yeah, it certainly doesn't take much to get things going on it compared to some of the Tevion/Medion (whatever brand they call themselves these days) units. Mum had one of the 200gb PVR units, meant to be HD, recorded worse than VHS quality! @Extremo, yeah, it certainly doesn’t take much to get things going on it compared to some of the Tevion/Medion (whatever brand they call themselves these days) units.

Mum had one of the 200gb PVR units, meant to be HD, recorded worse than VHS quality!

]]> By: Jody Cones http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3941 Jody Cones Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:39:21 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-3941 Man, makes me want to build one now... Damn cheap price... Surely easier than burning DVDs to play in my Tevion TiVo unit... :( Man, makes me want to build one now… Damn cheap price… Surely easier than burning DVDs to play in my Tevion TiVo unit… :(

]]> By: Aeoth: Sub AU$670 Media Centre | www.nickhodge.com http://www.theleagueofpaul.com/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-3940 Aeoth: Sub AU$670 Media Centre | www.nickhodge.com Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:31:17 +0000 http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/02/19/building-my-htpc-part-ii/#comment-3940 [...] Jenkins proves that you can make a 1080p Vista Media Center for under AU$670. That’s a spectacular [...] [...] Jenkins proves that you can make a 1080p Vista Media Center for under AU$670. That’s a spectacular [...]

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