Motherboard
Abit NF7-S
CPU
Athlon 2000 XP at 2138 mhz
GPU
Radeon AIW 9700pro
Ram
ddr 266 mixed brands 896 MB
Sound
Nforce-2 from mobo and SB Audigy (use audigy for EAX HD)
Lan
Wireless D-link nic 11 mb
Peripherals
Logitech MX wireless duo
Monitor
Panasonic PTLC-5013 (50" HDTV rptvlcd)
Reciever
Denon AVR 3200 (with Pinnacle speakers and DIY subwoofer)
Cable tuner
Motorola 5100 (with optical audio and DVI connections)
Software
Windows XP
ATI MMC
Various DVD players
FFdshow
I mainly use my HTPC to watch DVD's, gaming and record tv.
I watch DVD's using sonic dvd player with ffdshow for enhancement.I am very satified with this dvd setup and the one to one pixel mapping I get is excellent except for the slight overscan.
I use ATI's software for recording using S-video since component recording is not available.
I get pretty good quality on DVD setting and have tons of harddrive space left. It only records stereo and S-video so no HDTV recording is done (waiting for HDTV wonder).
Audio I mainly use the soundstorm to encode dolby digital to my reciever for surround sound using the optical connection. It sounds pretty good on my stereo system. I use the Audigy to enable EAX HD on certain games like Unreal 2004 using the six channel input on my reciever.
I have wireless access though my dlink card so internet acess is always available (great for browsing, maps, exc). I have the logitech mx duo wireless kit but their range is about a foot short of my couch so I have to move the transmitter in front of my htpc when gaming from the couch. My HDTV is the Panasonic rear projection lcd pt50lc13 which is 50" and is 1280 by 720 widescreen resolution. I chose this TV over the DLP for the rainbow issues. I get one to one pixel mapping on this tv that is every pixel on the tv is actually displayed from the computer and not interpolated like other HDTV's that can't resolve 1280 by 720 pixels at once not interlaced or analog. My graphics card the AIW 9700pro can deliver awesome anti-aliased images at 1280 by 720 with all the features on which makes up for the lower resoultion on the 50" screen. I am very satisfied with this setup and recomend it to everybody. I can't express how awesome Unreal Tournament 2004 on a 50 inch sceen with full antialiasing looks. This tv has regular VGA connections and DVI (which I use exclusively) it will also display non widescreen images in their true aspect ration though black bars will be on the side. The best part is this TV is NOT CRT technology and there fore suffers NO burn in. When watching regular tv I switch to component input on the tv and coaxial audio on my reciever experiencing true 5.1 sound and HDTV picture.
If you have any questions or I left out some parts your interested in feel free to ask.
Abit NF7-S
CPU
Athlon 2000 XP at 2138 mhz
GPU
Radeon AIW 9700pro
Ram
ddr 266 mixed brands 896 MB
Sound
Nforce-2 from mobo and SB Audigy (use audigy for EAX HD)
Lan
Wireless D-link nic 11 mb
Peripherals
Logitech MX wireless duo
Monitor
Panasonic PTLC-5013 (50" HDTV rptvlcd)
Reciever
Denon AVR 3200 (with Pinnacle speakers and DIY subwoofer)
Cable tuner
Motorola 5100 (with optical audio and DVI connections)
Software
Windows XP
ATI MMC
Various DVD players
FFdshow
I mainly use my HTPC to watch DVD's, gaming and record tv.
I watch DVD's using sonic dvd player with ffdshow for enhancement.I am very satified with this dvd setup and the one to one pixel mapping I get is excellent except for the slight overscan.
I use ATI's software for recording using S-video since component recording is not available.
I get pretty good quality on DVD setting and have tons of harddrive space left. It only records stereo and S-video so no HDTV recording is done (waiting for HDTV wonder).
Audio I mainly use the soundstorm to encode dolby digital to my reciever for surround sound using the optical connection. It sounds pretty good on my stereo system. I use the Audigy to enable EAX HD on certain games like Unreal 2004 using the six channel input on my reciever.
I have wireless access though my dlink card so internet acess is always available (great for browsing, maps, exc). I have the logitech mx duo wireless kit but their range is about a foot short of my couch so I have to move the transmitter in front of my htpc when gaming from the couch. My HDTV is the Panasonic rear projection lcd pt50lc13 which is 50" and is 1280 by 720 widescreen resolution. I chose this TV over the DLP for the rainbow issues. I get one to one pixel mapping on this tv that is every pixel on the tv is actually displayed from the computer and not interpolated like other HDTV's that can't resolve 1280 by 720 pixels at once not interlaced or analog. My graphics card the AIW 9700pro can deliver awesome anti-aliased images at 1280 by 720 with all the features on which makes up for the lower resoultion on the 50" screen. I am very satisfied with this setup and recomend it to everybody. I can't express how awesome Unreal Tournament 2004 on a 50 inch sceen with full antialiasing looks. This tv has regular VGA connections and DVI (which I use exclusively) it will also display non widescreen images in their true aspect ration though black bars will be on the side. The best part is this TV is NOT CRT technology and there fore suffers NO burn in. When watching regular tv I switch to component input on the tv and coaxial audio on my reciever experiencing true 5.1 sound and HDTV picture.
If you have any questions or I left out some parts your interested in feel free to ask.