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I have been successful over the years with XP abd NVDVD. NVDVD stock has been very succesful in presenting a great picture with lots of contrast. It rivals close to a fully configured FDSHOW, Theatertek and Dscaler setup.
In the mean time that the HD DVD wars gets retified you can take a look as WMV HD format on a HTPC. It has been available for the past 3+ years starting with WM9.
ops forgot link.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/HDVideo.aspx
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Thanks for the info, and if I waited to build an HT box till HD DVD wars are over/settled......I could die before that happens. lol
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I will be rebuilding my HTPC in the next couple of weeks. My new home theater/entertainment area will be ready in the next 3 weeks. I'll let you know if there are any snags or changes to NVDVD, XP. If I have a chance I will check out MCE since a fair bit use it. as for the interface I have been so used to XP. All I did was buy a wireless keyboard and re-produced all the keyboard keys on the learning remote so I barely need the keyboard or mouse to run XP.
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Nice!
I really want to get a case a lot like that (that one was on my short list) but alas, I can't afford such things at the momemnt.
Reguarding my HD+HTPC comment, I guess I should have clarified, I was talking Cable (and Satilite, and disk) not OTA HDTV, but I want more than 3 (4?) channels. (But if the broadcast flag passes it could affect OTA too)
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We do use satellite for tv and HD and we use a Huges Tivo box, the order of building the HT box was going to be music, movies, and then the satellite issue.
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There is no doubt most HTPC's are excellent for music and movies. I absolutely would not do without mine now. I just really love being able to do EVERYTHING in one box. TV, AVR and MCE box, its friggin nice. (I'm still just on SDTV). The idea of having to split that back up upsets me.
The DIY market share isn't exactly huge, so I try to rile up those that I can to fight the good fight in being able to continue DIY HTPC's into the digital future.
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Looks like the great makings of a HTPC! I love the case.
What exaclty did you do to the vid card heatsink? It looks like you just popped the plastic covering off?
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This is the fan shroud that was removed, the top part is deisgned to move air to opposite side of the card, making the card about 3/16 of an inch above the case height. One suggestion was to take the Dremel to it, I voted for just removing it, if it is changed out later, can reinstall the shroud and sell the card unmodified. lol
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One more piece closer to being finished, just ordered the custom rack mount piece for the HT case. Now if it fits as MA says it will.
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