Home theatre
 

Wouldn't it be nice to have a fast & silent PC with TV-tuner, DVD-player, sufficient storage, good sound card with quality surround system and a LCD projector.

I already have a fast and silent PC with a 8500DV (with remote control) ... currently testing to hook up a VCR to it.

You could be in your lazy chair watching or recording "full wall" movies, surfing the web, playing music, playing games on an enormous screen, ... with only one remote, a wireless keyboard and mouse.

Just read the basics of a LCD home projector ... need more then 1.500 ansi and 1024 x 768 ... prices are :o ... but the result could be awesome.

Does anyone have experience with such a setup ? Or more info ?

don't forget this case ;)

only problem = Micro-ATX Motherboard

i seen it irl (comtech store) : it's really small, very little room to manouver

some more info

It's strange; some people say 1.000 ANSI is enough to play movies during the daytime in your semi-obscured living room (theatre doesn't have to be dark).
In that case you could have a XGA (1024 x 768) LCD projector for about 2.500 to 3.000 EUR or $ (hehe, since today currency's are equal to each other = easy) ... steep ... but not unaffordable

ftr : viewable area will be around 40"

few weeks ago i worked with an LCD-projector at some party, to show some graphics on a wall which were responding to the DJ's music ...

i must say - pretty impressive quality !!!

think it was one from Canon ... not sure bout it tho - but i'd certainly trade my 17" for one of those anyday :^)

http://www.lcdprojector.nl/index2.html

sure is expensive ... but i get :
- a movie screen and movie experience
- a computer screen 1024x768 on a 40"
- a VCR (embedded in ati-soft)
- a large TV set
- edit : a large gaming screen

and i have only one remote to control them all (can even move the cursor with the remote)

hehe, continue working now ... hard work = nice gadget

yep saw it too, that's why I suggested it :)

looks like i found my case

http://www.e-capsule.co.kr/list.php?ac_id=111&ai_id=11
http://www.e-capsule.co.kr/list.php?ac_id=111&ai_id=12
(second one is without front ports)

http://www.heimkino.at/dign.htm

looks very non-oc like
will fit nicely with your hifi

most black cases do also by the way :)

A home theatre is only as good as it components, Your 8500DV is the king! All you need is hmm an LCD projector and some decent speakers... I'll see what I can dig up :)

after alot of work I finally pulled it off, I installed my R8500DV AIW that I bought pretty cheap (400€) from one of our sponsors (loveno) and hooked it up with 70€ worth of cables to my parents TV & Hifi set.

Modded Imperial Midi Case (check Blackrabbit's review, I added an extra 80mm cooler @the back, this reduced the system temp with 10°C!)

XP1700+ (Alpha Pal8045 + silent 80mm)
Abit KX7-133
ATA66 12gb System drive
ATA100 30gb Data drive
3com 10/100
SB Live!
R8500DV AIW (Sound Out -> Hifi, SVHS Out -> TV, Coax In)
Plextor 12x10x32x (to be joined by a DVD player soon)

Hooked up peripherals:
- Creative Webcam5
- HP DJ940cxi
- Palm Vx
- Nokia 6210

Running Windows 2000
the remote control included by ATI really kicks *** :)

tommorow I'm gonna connect the Remote Logitech Keyboard & Mouse (the black ones ;) )

Gaming from the Sofa is almost reality!

the other side of things (10m of cables between PC <> Rest)

Looks like you had excellent playing time.
Wait till you start playing with the VCR function or playing music at FULL blast while working or watching TV while working or gaming on a big screen with super sound, ...
How big is the TV-set ?

btw : still can't see attachments via telenet account

no problems here with the pics ;)

enniweejz, looks G R E A T, actually I also have the possibility to create something like that :) never really thought about it ;) damn u, this is gonna cost me some moneh, again...

I bought me a videocam :) now the complete fun will begin ;)
already enjoying full surround sound (Hifi + bass box of PC in the back kicks *** :) )

TV .. 71cm ?

Telenet blocks them? don't know, I see them without probs whereever I go (adsl/telenet/leased line) maybe your internet sharing util is f*cking up?

VCR function = of no real use to me

I do however encoded some 30 musicclips to high resolution (1400kb/s) .wmv files from different MTV & TMF broadcasts, quality is tops

experimenting with Adobe Premiere 6 and Ulead MovieMaker (?) , for now I prefer the first one, second is reaaaalllyyy slow

Hmm, firewall blocks them (disabling privacy policy enables the attachments)
Curious how the PC-screen will look on TV. Most people find it too blurry ... but that was with lower end cards.
Which camera did you buy ?

TV resolution @ 1024x768 looks pretty good
in windows the text is really small
but for gaming it just kicks major *** :)

Sony VideoCam 8 TR340 or something
testing it out right now.. post results later, 1st impression: old sturdy machine
but I might go for something more HighTech :)

aha!
reinstalled the system
Asus P4PE with P4 2.26@2.8ghz

on Win2000 without reinstall, everything related to 3D gaming was extremely slow :/

3Dmark = ~1500

now reinstalled with XP and latest ATI drivers = 8477!

w00h00

I tried to attach my pc (ati TVout card) to my bigscreen tv
-800x600 is maximum ?? (otherwise you have to scroll)
-the colors were TO bright
-refresh rate (dunno but i got dizzy after 5 minutes :p)

brush up your japanese, this is the card you'll have to have
http://www.darkcrow.co.kr/Review/Rev...?board_idx=115

bwa, my R8500AIW in combo with the P4 runs all new games good @ 1024x768

and super @ 640x480
since I'm playing on the telly, you can't see the difference between 640x480 abd 1024x768

so everything is supasmooth :)

Going to take another attempt at playing pc content on the television set.
15 m cable : one side Scart, other side s-video + composite sound
Found the cable in a photo shop.

when I move away from parents you can have all the cable that's here ;-)

should be between this & 4-5 years :^)