| Thread Tools |
2nd February 2011, 12:35 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 79,021
| Beginner's Guide to HTPC Basics Continuing our series of Beginner's Guides for HTPC and Home Theater, this guide offers ten basic tips for getting your HTPC up and running smoothly. Most of these were learned the hard way, hope that sharing means you don't have to...Recording and scanning big TV files for commercials hits a drive really hard. Having at least two physical drives separates the bandwidth necessary to keep the user interface (UI) responsive and minimize the risk for glitches during recording and playback. After adding up all the traffic caused by Media Center recording and ShowAnalyzer reading back and forth in the file while you try to watch it (all potentially multiplied by the number of tuners); then add in a couple "extenders" - you'll be glad you put the operating system (OS) on one disk and recordings on another. http://www.missingremote.com/guide/b...de-htpc-basics
__________________ |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Beginners Guide to Controlling your HTPC | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 19th January 2011 15:57 |
Beginner's Guide to HTPC Codecs, File Formats, Containers, Filetypes | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 2nd January 2011 19:56 |
HTPC Guide | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 16th March 2009 17:36 |
Beginners Guide: 99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks | Sidney | WebNews | 0 | 29th January 2008 01:34 |
Beginners Guide to Upgrading your RAM | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 17th January 2007 13:49 |
HTPC System Guide | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 23rd December 2005 02:58 |
Holiday HTPC Buyers Guide | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 5th December 2005 13:47 |
Beginners Guide to installing Windows | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 1st November 2005 18:02 |
Beginner's Guide to Athlon 64 Overclocking | Sidney | WebNews | 0 | 26th April 2005 06:23 |
System Guide: HTPC edition | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 10th February 2005 10:53 |
Thread Tools | |
| |