VIDEO: Home Theater PC

N0sferatU · *Last edited by N0sferatU; 07-25-2009 at 23:24.*

Decided to shoot a quick 5 minute video of my HTPC. I revamped the GUI interface to look smoother and more professional. Thoughts?

Most of the photos I posted a while back but I'll throw one or two back up with some new shots I took today.

Everything is 720p/1080p MKV converted Blu-Ray rips and stored on the hard drives.

CLICK THIS TO WATCH IT IN ACTION! Be sure to click the HD button when the video loads up!

I first loaded up the main program which is directly executable via the remote controls (Gyration RF based remote or my iPhone 3GS can operate the system). Once loaded I start with the audio interface. From there, I cycle into the sorted TV shows (everything is indexed with descriptions and whatnot like a TV guide). From there I loaded up Planet Earth HD and for some reason youtube dropped my frame rate across the board for a while no idea why.

Then the movie section. This is sweet because instead of having to cycle through 200 HD movies I can easily bring up certain ones via a filter (genre, year it came out, what actor in it, etc.) I decided to pull up just animation films for a start then I loaded up the whole listing and pulled a 1980s classic. Lastly I ended up with some simple DVD playback and that's all she wrote.

Specs:
HTPC (not built for gaming)
Intel E7400 (2.8GHz)
Geforce 7100
Auzentech Xi-Fi Forte
Capacity:
----- 1.5 TB Seagate (External) (look closely in the first photo on top of the AV unit you'll see it.

)
----- 1.0 TB WD Green (Internal)
----- 320GB Seagate (Internal --> new incoming to sort drive)
----- 2.0 TB Remote access from work PC

Audio:
Denon AVR 484 (Receiver)
Klipsch RB-61 (Fronts)
Klipsch RC-52 (Center)
JBL J80 (Rears)
Infinity PS-10 (Subwoofer)
Sennheiser HD-595 (Headphones 1)
Grado SR-80 (Headphones 2)

Video:
Toshiba Regza 1080p display

justmeez · *Last edited by justmeez; 07-25-2009 at 23:51.*

Man all I can say is I want one! lol. You posted
"HTPC (not built for gaming)
Intel E7400 (2.8GHz)
Geforce 7100
Auzentech Xi-Fi Forte
Capacity:
----- 1.5 TB Seagate (External) (look closely in the first photo on top of the AV unit you'll see it. )
----- 1.0 TB WD Green (Internal)
----- 320GB Seagate (Internal --> new incoming to sort drive)
----- 2.0 TB Remote access from work PC"

as your htpc specs but is it possible to know the rest? Ie: casing, cpu heatsink psu, dvd/bluray drive?

Edit:I've tried that program your using on my current pc and it ran horribly lots of stuttering and such. But it def awesome.

N0sferatU · 07-26-2009, 01:43 | posts: 1,409 | Location: United States

Quote:

Originally Posted by justmeez

as your htpc specs but is it possible to know the rest? Ie: casing, cpu heatsink psu, dvd/bluray drive?

CPU: Intel E7400 (2.8Ghz)
Heatsink: Whatever came with the CPU
PSU: Corsair Certified 80 400 Watt PSU
DVD drive: cheapest one I can find on Newegg

It's a Sony and cost about $20

Case is a Lian-Li PC-C37

That help?