With nettops becoming much more popular and affordable they are becoming a viable option for using as a dedicated HTPC.
A nettop in basic talk is a relatively cheap small PC with a low power consumption, which is perfect for a HTPC. This allow you to hide it away out of sight or place on display under the screen. It also means that you aren’t going to run up a large electricity bill by having it on all the time.
Do you use windows media center with your HTPC, are you bored of the standard bland background and basic views?
Let me introduce you to Media Center Studio.
So finally we have settled on Blue-Ray. While many are still stuck at the work blue some of us have alrady joined the techy wagon while others ponder on the shade of blue.
As a quick warning before you begin, this post will cover many aspects, some may be beyond you while other may find it is all common sense information. Feel free to skip the common sense sections, because of the lengh you may also want to bookmark the page and come back later. Read more…
The centre of your creation, your motherboard
When choosing a motherboard you have to remember what aims you have for your hardware, maybe you require a raid controller for your Hard Drives or onboard Graphics with HDMI?
After writing a detailed post about what you should be looking for in a HTPC case a few people asked me to recommend some individual cases and explain what their features are. I recently found the perfect page that already covers all that has been asked for over at www.yourhtn.com .The specific Page can be found at http://www.yourhtn.com/2007/05/28/top-10-htpc-cases/
