all of which have some bearing on media PC behavior. We provide the information for our test system (an AMD 4600+) along with the results for four other, better-equipped but more expensive systems from our recent HDMI DIY article. CPU PCMarks CPU Memory Graphics...

audio could be decoded inside the PC, then output in analog 5.1 format, albeit with six cables instead of one. When Ed researched and wrote the HDMI DIY story, he was inexperienced enough with his brand-new Sony STR-DA5200ES A/V receiver to have confused...

• -Is PC-Based HDMI Ready For Prime Time? Continued

horiz) 10 10 No jaggies or artifacts in title text Scrolling titles (vert) 10 10 No jaggies or artifacts in title text TOTALS 130 103 Yesterday's 4600+ scored 76. The four systems in our HDMI DIY article scored: 93 (AMD) and 88 (Intel). Video quality...

HDMI PC Lessons Learned. we build 4 diy hdmi. Despite numerous gotchas and design conflicts, we manage to put together and test four different AMD and Intel CPU-based home theater PCs with HDMI capability. We're exhausted. You enjoy.. To some extent during...

• -Sidebar: HDMI, HDCP Gotchas And Workarounds, Continued
• -Reality Confronts The Ideal
• -Components For The Ideal Media PC, Continued
• -Conclusions And Recommendations
• -The AMD Fork: Motherboard And CPUs