DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 1: The Cases. diy hd htpc extravaganza part1. The choices available for building your own Home Theater PC keep broadening. In Part 1 of our latest HTPC series, Siggy Moersch makes his selection from ten contenders to house a...

the details of both our test builds.. Parts 1 and 2 of this series have surveyed a number of cases, motherboards, and quiet power supplies, as well as explored processor and memory options suitable for building a Home Theater PC. In this final installment,...

Pinnacle HD Pro Stick: Decent Hardware, Terrible Software. pinnacle hd pro stick. Mike Baggaley liked Pinnacle's diminutive SD/HD USB tuner-as long as he didn't have to use the bundled software.. At a glance Product Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick Summary...

How We Test - Flat Screen HD Displays. how we test flat screen hd displays. This article will cover the various methodologies used to test and evaluate HDTV and EDTV displays and projectors.. Every display has different factory default settings, picture adjustment...

to building your own HTPC.. At a Glance Product HP z556 Digital Entertainment Center Summary Great-looking, reasonably priced and feature-packed HTPC with decent performance and HD support Pros • Integrated Dual SD and single HD tuners • Full...

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Building A High-End Media PC. system builder marathon. We've built low cost ($1,004) and high cost ($3,299) Media Center PCs. Today we discuss our experience with the builds and offer some righteous recommendations.. Our high-end media PC was built...

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integrated Intel Gigabit Ethernet controllers on Supermicro’s board. And instead of skimping on a $25 dual-layer DVD writer, check out LG’s GGW-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD drive, able to write CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray media, and read the same formats, plus HD DVD...