1. Storage
2. Multimedia player
3. Gaming device
4. TV receiver
5. As a seed box (if you use torrents a lot)
For more information on HTPCs check this wikipedia link [HTPC]
I've been testing it out wth my laptop hooked up to my LCD tv and the results are kinda good. I can play 720p or 1080 .mkv files on my laptop and watch them in HD on my tv in high resolution.
This is my makeshift arrangement till I get a proper system. I've got the laptop hooked up to the TV via a VGA cable and a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse so that I can control it from my couch. It helps to have media player shortcuts on the keyboard so that you can use it as a remote control. The sound output from the PC is connected to the auxilliary input on the stereo and thats all !
Heres some great DIY stuff from PC stats [link]
HTPC hardware and guidance listed in AVS forum [link]
2. Multimedia player
3. Gaming device
4. TV receiver
5. As a seed box (if you use torrents a lot)
For more information on HTPCs check this wikipedia link [HTPC]
I've been testing it out wth my laptop hooked up to my LCD tv and the results are kinda good. I can play 720p or 1080 .mkv files on my laptop and watch them in HD on my tv in high resolution.
This is my makeshift arrangement till I get a proper system. I've got the laptop hooked up to the TV via a VGA cable and a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse so that I can control it from my couch. It helps to have media player shortcuts on the keyboard so that you can use it as a remote control. The sound output from the PC is connected to the auxilliary input on the stereo and thats all !
Heres some great DIY stuff from PC stats [link]
HTPC hardware and guidance listed in AVS forum [link]
2 comments:
Gone are the days when TVs only had an 'ON/OFF' switch and a few knobs here n there for volume control, color, brightness n contrast control.
It was so simple to use.
Who knows in a few years or months time.....some-one some-where, will come up, with a TV tat even micro-waves/cook, your dinner, while u watch ur fav program.....hehehe.
heheh its called "convergence", you forgot to mention taking out the trash. I would like a machine to do that :)
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