Posts by CrimsonGT

I have been building HTPC systems for a little while now, and our house is now powered by an HTPC in almost every room. As I have had neighbors, family, friends, etc. all comment on how incredible our setup is, I have been mulling over...

Yeah, this is due to you trying to use Remote Desktop to launch it. You may be able to use other Remote Management software that has support for DirectX/OpenGL on the remote system. It will work fine if you are actually on the machine...

I hate to label this urgent, but I just put together an order at Newegg for close to 2000$ and if I don't have it in soon, a lot of my promo discounts are going to disappear. Here is the current list of parts I have right now and my...

Right now I have 3 wireless devices connected to my MediaCenter-PC, and unfortunately each one is using a different IR Receiver as they were all purchased separately. A while back it was just 2 (Mouse/Keyboard used one and remote used...

Thanks for the responses, and +rep for the feedback. @terraprime - All of the normal upkeep is handled almost on a weekly basis. It is just stuff like PlayOn Media Server that really seems to consume a lot for some reason. Good call on...

You could also do bitcoin mining, but at the current value it isn't really worth the power consumption unless you get free electric from your apartment or whatever. Value is going back up on it though, so it could very well be worth it...

I built my first Media Center about 5-6 months ago just using mostly spare parts that we had laying around the house. This now resides in the Living Room and myself and my roomates use it almost on a daily basis. However, I believe the...

erm HDMI Input was what I was getting at. It only has VGA/DVI inputs as far as I can tell.

Quote:Originally Posted by matrix2000x2 stillhere. Buy a $25 off $100 staples coupon online and apply it. If it does not work, call Staples online and the will apply the coupon for you. My total came out to $80.80 for the Acer 23"...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ken1649  There are two options when connected by HDMI: 1. Go to My Flat Digital Display in CCC and adjust the Overscan slider to fill up the desktop then click "apply". 2. Create a customized...