intrex
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Hey Everyone,
I am working on a new HTPC with over the air cable to get rid of my current cable charges. This is the system that I built this weekend.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14339505
I then setup up one of these beasts in my attic.
http://store03.prostores.com/servlet/denny...-fdsh-HD/Detail
Aside from the fanless heatsink being too big and buying DDR3 memory when I needed DDR2 everything went fairly smoothly.
Windows 7 Enterprise with WMC is setup and running. On the initial connection to the antenna I am receiving 30 channels over the air. All of the major networks are coming through in HD.
I didn't even think about recording one show while watching another one. This was something we had with our cable company so my wife is demanding the same functionality. It looks like I will need to get another digital card to be able to do this. Should I get the exact same card that is in there right now? Can I just use a splitter on the coax from my antenna that I am currently using as my digital feed? Should I just scrap the current card and get single card that has multiple tuners on it?
I was kind of surprised at how easily the media center interface became laggy. If I am watching an HD chanel and then bring up the guide it is noticeably slower. It could be a memory issue because the system is only recognizing 2 of the 4 installed gigs, but even with 2 gigs I would think it would be more stable that what it currently is.
Does anyone know know a way to intelligently control the fan speeds in the case? There are 3 case fans but only 1 fan header on the mobo. I ended up hooking the fans directly to one of the cpu connections with a splitter. This works fine but the fans run full blast non stop. The motherboard has a gpu nos fan header but I really need to power all three fans for decent air flow.
Once I get these issues worked out I am going to try to get WMC to appear more like a PC rather than booting up into the PC and then opening WMC. I am sure there are tons of tutorials about the best way to do this and integrate an nice remote. Can you guys recommend a good tutorial?
Once that is all hooked up I will be putting xbox 360's on the other 3 TVs in the house.
Thanks for any feedback,
I am working on a new HTPC with over the air cable to get rid of my current cable charges. This is the system that I built this weekend.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14339505
I then setup up one of these beasts in my attic.
http://store03.prostores.com/servlet/denny...-fdsh-HD/Detail
Aside from the fanless heatsink being too big and buying DDR3 memory when I needed DDR2 everything went fairly smoothly.
Windows 7 Enterprise with WMC is setup and running. On the initial connection to the antenna I am receiving 30 channels over the air. All of the major networks are coming through in HD.
I didn't even think about recording one show while watching another one. This was something we had with our cable company so my wife is demanding the same functionality. It looks like I will need to get another digital card to be able to do this. Should I get the exact same card that is in there right now? Can I just use a splitter on the coax from my antenna that I am currently using as my digital feed? Should I just scrap the current card and get single card that has multiple tuners on it?
I was kind of surprised at how easily the media center interface became laggy. If I am watching an HD chanel and then bring up the guide it is noticeably slower. It could be a memory issue because the system is only recognizing 2 of the 4 installed gigs, but even with 2 gigs I would think it would be more stable that what it currently is.
Does anyone know know a way to intelligently control the fan speeds in the case? There are 3 case fans but only 1 fan header on the mobo. I ended up hooking the fans directly to one of the cpu connections with a splitter. This works fine but the fans run full blast non stop. The motherboard has a gpu nos fan header but I really need to power all three fans for decent air flow.
Once I get these issues worked out I am going to try to get WMC to appear more like a PC rather than booting up into the PC and then opening WMC. I am sure there are tons of tutorials about the best way to do this and integrate an nice remote. Can you guys recommend a good tutorial?
Once that is all hooked up I will be putting xbox 360's on the other 3 TVs in the house.
Thanks for any feedback,