I had a crappy day...fell like bragging

[Goosemaster]

pre-review pics


enjoy


I can't wait to fix it (overscan) and have some fun


wil ldefintiely psots pcis of everythign from halflife to whatever

 

[SLCentral]

Sweet , I won't lie, I'm jealous. You've gotta take some shots of your HD collection on your setup, and maybe compare to how it looks through your cable box. I'm using a display at 2650x1600 for my HD setup, but I'd imagine that having a screen that's the native resolution of HD makes it look significantly better.

 

[erub]

hope you dont want to use the fireplace anytime soon!

 

[ballmode]

think of the posts you can type up on such a BIG SCREEN!

 

[z0mb13]

whoa mama.. how much did u drop on that set?

 

[ta8689]

wow.......

 

[Shawn]

SWEET!!!!!!!

 

[bigrash]

i hope your dog doesn't crap anywhere close to it

seriously, that's a sweet setup. post more pics

 

[flashbacck]

Nice setup. Do you have anything for AV input? I don't see a TV tuner or anything...

 

[Coquito]

Didn't you just quit your job???

 

[z0mb13]

btw I hope u didnt have to put those stuff on ur cc...

 

[buck]

Damn thats nice, but WE NEED MORE!

 

[Fenixgoon]

nice setup, although i wish you could play games at 1080p on an x1600 pro

 

[JM Aggie08]

jealous, much. lucky bastard, how much did that run ya?

 

[secretanchitman]

heh heh...when core 2 duo starts shipping, our family's home theater room (yes, we have a dedicated room for it) will be done. ill be posting pics for sure for all of you to see.

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
heh heh...when core 2 duo starts shipping, our family's home theater room (yes, we have a dedicated room for it) will be done. ill be posting pics for sure for all of you to see.

what's HT got to do with C2D?

 

[ElFenix]

i need a bigger TV.

actually, i just need the current one to be HD. damn ED plasma. at least it was free.

oh, no dvr function, not a real HTPC

 

[Journer]

:rool::

 

[Rickten]

does your tv frame lock or can you only get 60hz?

 

[Goosemaster]

I just got home from work so hopefully I can finish the setup and psot some pics of some HD files....probably not tonight

I will take ridiculous amounts of pics though

Originally posted by: ballmode
think of the posts you can type up on such a BIG SCREEN!

muwahahahahaha

Originally posted by: z0mb13
whoa mama.. how much did u drop on that set?

$2500

Originally posted by: flashbacck
Nice setup. Do you have anything for AV input? I don't see a TV tuner or anything...

-PC is currently via HDMI, used to be via VGA
-TV has one set of component cables goign to it.
-Using my onkyo reciever to do component switchign between the DVD player and the comcast 8300HD DVR
-HD box is uing component and coax digital out
-DVD player is using component and optical digital out
-PC used to use 5.1 analog out (audigy2zs) but with this pc it will use straigh spd/if

Hopefully I can buy a copy of MCE2005 and use firewire to pull shows off of the box

Originally posted by: Coquito
Didn't you just quit your job???

nah..jsut family problems that almost made me quit it..acutally, I had all but called it quits but me and my step dad had a nice long chat

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
nice setup, although i wish you could play games at 1080p on an x1600 pro

I know It's torture

Originally posted by: Rickten
does your tv frame lock or can you only get 60hz?

tv needs 59.xx to output correctly, but will accept 60hz @ 1920x1080.
It has a predefined reresh rate/resolution set that cannot be modified.

 

[Joony]

I only see 1080i and 720p on your screen, where's the 1080p res?

Nice tv though.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Joony
I only see 1080i and 720p on your screen, where's the 1080p res?

Nice tv though.

dude....I can't even get it to fit completely on the TV at any rez I just installed windows and the standard ATI drivers

I have to use powerstrip or something to fix the overscan.....assuming that my TV accept 1080p over HDMI (it should)

 

[atybimf]

Very cool

 

[Entity]

Wow, looks really nice. I'm thinking about building one to go with a Sony 42" KDF-E42A10. How much did this cost you?

I only get a few channels in HDTV (mostly NBC, ABC, CBS) right now, but I'd like to have the options to record more. I'm more interested in the ability to watch other HD divx shows, though getting tivoesque functionality back would be kinda cool.

Where should I start? I was looking at the mac mini just based on how cool it looks and ease of use, but I think I want some more functionality out of it.

Rob

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Entity
Wow, looks really nice. I'm thinking about building one to go with a Sony 42" KDF-E42A10. How much did this cost you?

I only get a few channels in HDTV (mostly NBC, ABC, CBS) right now, but I'd like to have the options to record more. I'm more interested in the ability to watch other HD divx shows, though getting tivoesque functionality back would be kinda cool.

Where should I start? I was looking at the mac mini just based on how cool it looks and ease of use, but I think I want some more functionality out of it.

Rob

$2500, and as far as playign HD on a HTPC, make sure you havea fast Chip and a faster graphics card...h.264 hardware acceleration only means so much...