All things Computing!

[50LTRv8]

while we are talking all things computer

amd or intel?

which is your prefered cpu?

mine is intel. no real reason why i have just always used it

The simple fact is that bang for buck, AMD had Intel by the gonads. I lived AMD (I have 3 computers with XP cpu's) and they were cheaper and almost as fast as Intel.

That was until Core Duo, now I am and Intel fan. AMD do not come close to it.

Game Over

50LTRv8

[50LTRv8]

Don't bother with Media Center, use Media Portal
Free Windows Media Center Software in XP with Media Portal (HTPC Software)

Offers a better feature set, very similar interface, and has much better support for a larger variety of codecs. Plus its free.

As for my HTPC, well I just have a hacked xbox running Xbox Media Center, connected to my network which hosts a D-Link DNS-323 network attached storage (1.5tb). Only disadvantage to that setup is that it isn't good for High Def movies, and obviously no blu-ray either. Might look at building a decent spec'd HTPC in the future, just the bootup times deter me.

Media Portal is what I am using. It is pretty good. I use it mainly for music and divx, I havn't got the tv part worked out yet.

50LTRv8

[BANKS]

Dont tempt me to go buy it. im trying to save money :P Nah i will buy it when I get back from Queensland to play on my new mouse and keyboard

I dont usually get right into games, like i'd play it for an hour or so maybe twice a week. But COD4 COOOORRRRRRR!!!! i played it for 7hrs straight untill i finished it!! Then when it ended i felt empty... lol

intel for me. Never had a problem with intel, so why change a good thing?

[Fr3ak+--]

cod 4 was way to short but it was a awesome game

[Fr3ak+--]

woo my name won

i personally don't think it should have been a sub forum though

[AirStrike]

woo my name won

i personally don't think it should have been a sub forum though

It's easily changed, we'll see how popular it is first to warrent it's own section.

[Fr3ak+--]

kooolio

[Grennan]

Good idea mate




COD4 is probably the best game i've ever played... WAAAAAY to short thou

Yeah i agree CoD4 is one of the best FPS ive ever played, second to GoldenEye on the N64.

The single player storymode is quite short if you play it on anything but Veteran, however online multiplayer is where the fun begins. Ive got it on my 360 and it rarely leaves it for another game.

Im hanging out for Age of Conan to come to xbox late this year early next year i believe, you can get it on PC, but id rather play it on my XBOX so i dont have to pay extra fees.

[Rufus®]

Shouldn't Lan have a capital "L"? It looks a bit weird with it being lower case.

[AirStrike]

Shouldn't Lan have a capital "L"? It looks a bit weird with it being lower case.

If you really want

[Fr3ak+--]

i noticed it too lol

[Rufus®]

Well if you really want to get technical, it should be all caps LAN as it's an abbreviation..... but whatevea...

[Fr3ak+--]

calm down

[ProphetVX]

calm down

No being a grammar nazi would be correcting the above post and saying it's not an "abbreviation" but an "acronym"

[Tom_1569]

No being a grammar nazi would be correcting the above post and saying it's not an "abbreviation" but an "acronym"

Now kiddies, lets get FARKING TECHNICAL lol.

Its stands for "Local area network"... WTF is a local area network lounge??
Also since its all about being a Nazi, We are not on a LAN, but in the world wide web
NAZIS

[maginoodle]

Hi all, i usually use my media player to play all my avi files on my tv. I starting to play up so am thinking of just using it as a external drive and hopefully convert this comp to a htpc. My question is what is the cheapest way to do it?
I realise i need some sort of card to give me rca plugs to connect to my tv and most likely will need software as well.
What is the best free software to use? Is media portal ok?(theres a link in prophetvx's post) The tv it will be used on atm is a 68cm crt type(yeah i know its outdated but i wont update until its stuffed). The comp has an amd seperon 3100+ 1.8gig with 1.87 gig of ram(should be 2 but think the vid card is using the rest).

Any help appreciated

Cheers Shane

[STEALTHY™]

Epic dig......

I use my 360 as a media centre (but not using the media centre option on there, thats crap)
You can get one for just over $150 for an arcade, link to your PC, and job done.

The benefit of this setup means you can have as many xboxes are you like linked to the PC, and each can watch a different file at the same time.

[maginoodle]

yeah i did a search and thought this was the best thread to post in.
i dont have a 360 and i the idea was to lower the amount of gadgets i have. currently running 3 pvr's, dvd player,video,media player, comp and modem all near this tv.

[STEALTHY™]

yeah i did a search and thought this was the best thread to post in.
i dont have a 360 and i the idea was to lower the amount of gadgets i have. currently running 3 pvr's, dvd player,video,media player, comp and modem all near this tv.

not sure what a pvr is.

I run PC, xbox, and TV. No need for anything else with this setup (assuming your PC has a tuner in it)

[maginoodle]

pvr is personal video recorder, basically a digital set top box with hard drives that they record on. i watch a lot of tv so they come in handy cause i can record 3 shows and watch another all at once.
Dont have a tuner in the pc.
Have just started looking at ebay to see what is available.
Am trying to work out if my video card is able to use VGA to S-VIDEO / RCA CONVERTER CABLE ADAPTER FOR PC TV - eBay, Cables, Components, Computers. (end time 07-Jun-10 21:37:34 AEST)(or buy another vid card that allows it) with Y SPLITTER CABLE FOR SVGA VGA 1 PC to 2 MONITOR #9658 - eBay, Cables, Components, Computers. (end time 12-Jun-10 00:00:13 AEST) so i can leave it connected all the time. This way i can just use windows media player to watch or if i can use something like 4 Pin S-Video 3 RCA RGB Y Pr Pb Out Bracket Adapter - eBay, Adaptors, Components, Computers. (end time 22-May-10 22:20:40 AEST).
Will now look at tuners to see how they work.

[STEALTHY™]

I cant help with that side of things, only have limited knowledge, but the xbox system works, and it works well (moreso because my dad uses the other xbox in the lounge to watch shows he likes on demand)

The tuner will work the same as the pvr, but i'd assume it would be the same setup, you'd need more than one to record anymore than one channel (or maybe a high end one to record multiple)

[bezz]

Hi all, i usually use my media player to play all my avi files on my tv. I starting to play up so am thinking of just using it as a external drive and hopefully convert this comp to a htpc. My question is what is the cheapest way to do it?
I realise i need some sort of card to give me rca plugs to connect to my tv and most likely will need software as well.
What is the best free software to use? Is media portal ok?(theres a link in prophetvx's post) The tv it will be used on atm is a 68cm crt type(yeah i know its outdated but i wont update until its stuffed). The comp has an amd seperon 3100+ 1.8gig with 1.87 gig of ram(should be 2 but think the vid card is using the rest).

Any help appreciated

Cheers Shane

Check out this thread.

Best software to use for viewing avis etc is XBMC. It doesn't have tuner card support however.
That PC should be fine to run videos on your TV in standard definition. The hard part will be getting a decent output onto your CRT tv. I tried a few years ago using a component connection on my video card, but had heaps of trouble showing the correct resolution on the tv. In the end I bit the bullet and bought an LCD.