Customise Windows Media Center
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.
25 June
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30 January
0Comments Choosing HTPC Motherboard
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?
13 January
1Comment Choosing HTPC HDD’s
Choosing the Hard Drives(HDD’s) for your beloved HTPC will only be restricted by your budget and the number that your case can hold.
I am not lucky enough to have any HD (high definition) content or even a Blue-Ray drive on my machine yet (please feel free to donate) but from a quick google a 120 minute 720P film will take roughly 8Gb on your HDD. That means that 100 films will total around 800GB, that’s an impressive number.
06 January
1Comment Choosing a HTPC Graphics Card
Choosing a graphics card, this will all depend on your personal needs of your HTPC, will you be playing games, maybe even the latest games or most likely you need HD playback?
If you want to play HD content look for a HTCP logo for your shortlist. If you think you may some day upgrade to HD content this may be your chance to be ahead of yourself.
05 January
2Comments Choosing a HTPC Case
Choosing a HTPC Case can be a daunting process, my advice is to set a price and stick to it , otherwise you will get carried away and could end up with a 12″ touch screen and no money left for components.
Choosing a case is very personal decision as you are the only person who knows what you want to look at so I cannot advise a single case, however there are a few cases that are very popular among HTPC builders. Firstly you need to establish what you need from your case, maybe it needs to able to hold a large powerful graphics cards if you also plan to play games or maybe a large amount of HDD’s for all that HD video.
