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Desktops: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center?
- 7/24/08 1:28 PM
Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 7/24/08 1:28 PM
Is your computer connected to your home entertainment system?
Yes, to my stereo system only (Please describe it.)
Yes, to my stereo system and TV (Please describe it.)
Yes, to my TV only (Please describe it.)
No, my computer is all by its lonesome (Any future plans to connect it?)
No, and it never will be (Why not?)
No, but I plan to soon. (What are your plans?)
sort of
by ramarc - 7/24/08 2:57 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i have a PC connected to a 26" LCD in a guest bedroom and guests can surf the web using the PC. we also often plug a laptop into our bedroom's 32" LCD to watch netflix instant content.
No, my computer is all by its lonesome
by sunwatcher - 7/24/08 3:57 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't really have a need to yet. I'm sure in the near future it might be more desireable and maybe even necessary. I've always wanted to be able to play all of the music on my PC through my home system during parties and such, so I'm guessing it won't be too long before I start feeling the need. 
No, my computer is all by its lonesome
by teakilla - 7/25/08 8:06 PM In reply to: No, my computer is all by its lonesome by sunwatcherI LOVE MY COMPUTER AND I HAAVE A INTERTAINER SET ALL READY SO MY COMPUTER IS MINE TO PLAY WITH I LOVE IT
Ways to use your PC in your entertainment Center
by Ralph60 - 7/26/08 5:06 AM In reply to: No, my computer is all by its lonesome by teakillaI don't have my PC in my Entertainment Center and my son a computer programmer used to have his hooked in some how because if he downloaded a program on his harddrive he would simply use his mouse to drag the program from his PC across and onto the Large screen TV. I think he just had the audio Video Card hooked from the PC to the Entertainment Center. This way he was able to drag from one screen to the next much like using several monitors to do high tech work using each for different tasks. I really don't know how he accomplished it but I'm not a programmer. He is and he didn't seem to have any trouble at except lining up the video on the screen of the TV but that was because it was in a different room. We would watch TV from PC long ago well at least two or three years. In computer time its ages. If you have an A/V card you can hook up your PC to it especially for sound effects and Gaming.
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by Pedro G. GOMES - 7/26/08 8:19 AM In reply to: No, my computer is all by its lonesome by sunwatcherMy computer is all by its lonesome, but i admit that in the near future i'l be using it as part of my media system, as far as I get the necessary and convenient information.
Re: PC connected to an entertainment system
by sntholiday - 7/24/08 5:19 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My PC is connected to both my 32" Panasonic LCD and a Denon AVR 1801 receiver. My XFX MG-630i-7159 has both HDMI and DVI outputs, in addition to the VGA output, and a coax SPDIF output on the rear panel. I use the PC to play music and movies through the system. No Hi-Def yet.
PC=Entertainment center
by white-bread - 7/24/08 8:56 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It plays CDs and DVDs.
Is your PC connected to your entertainment center?
by jaytmoon - 7/25/08 7:42 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I currently have an AMD X2-4400 with 4Gb ram,XP Pro, 1 TB of HDD's and a Creative Sound blasster X-Fi with front audio box, crossfire video cards. All connected to a JVC 5.1 surround sound system using fiber optic cable. The tv is a 50" Panasonic connected to the pc with a DVI-I bus cable (no hdmi on the set). I use it more for fraging and video's more than music (which also sounds great). Scare's the bejesus out of the dogs when turned up 
Custom PC and other PC's networked and connected to HT
by drbool - 7/25/08 8:35 PM In reply to: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by jaytmoonI have 2 custom PCs and 2 media extenders all hooked up to 4 tv's throughout the house. The main PC acts as a server and game machine and is hooked up to my Pre/Pro (Anthem D2) using Windows Vista. I use nVidia 8800GTX's in SLI for gaming, a HT Omega Claro soundcard, Intel 2.6 gHz Duo Core processor, and 3GB RAM. I have 2 Seagate Barracudas for storage (300GB) and a WD Raptor to run the operating system and front end programs.
I do not use any of the computers to watch movies unless they are downloaded as I feel the quality of the picture and sound is not as good as what I get from my Denon 5910 and PS3. The video cards were initially hooked up w/a dvi to HDMI cable, but there were handshake issues that made it necessary to restart the computer to get the video to work. There are some devices that supposedly help eliminate this problem, but I have not tried them yet. In the interim, I use a dvi to component adapter and it works fine (image not as sharp though).
I mainly use the computer for music. I use iTunes for organization and am still in the process of ripping my CD collection using the lossless option. Music sounds great for parties, out on the deck, etc. Not as good as using the cd directly or for critical listening, but you can't beat the convienence. Gaming is also a blast in full surround and a 60" screen. Text gets a bit small, but I think that will improve when I switch back to the HDMI cable. The best thing when gaming is instead of everyone crowded around a monitor, we can all sit on the couch or chairs comfortably. Another problem I initially had was finding a mouse and keyboard that would work well consistantly with the PC being located behind a wall. I eneded up going with a bluetooth setup and everthing works great. I went through a couple 2.4 gHz wireless setups and would get keyboard dropouts which was very annoying.
I am running my PC out to my receiver
by Bat Guano - 7/25/08 8:34 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm listening to "Echoes" on my local HD Public Radio station right now. I have a Creative SoundBlaster 24 bit Live card, and I run SPDIF coax out to my Yamaha receiver. The HD stations sound great, but DVDs on Power DVD Deluxe in 5.1 are amazing. This card is 7.1 capable, but this receiver only puts out 5.1. 7.1 with HDMI will probably will my next stereo upgrade. I would like to see wireless speakers become more common -- and affordable -- before I do that.
No, my computer is all by its lonesome however...
by BobNZ - 7/25/08 9:08 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
my computer is a entertainment center i have a 26" lcd monitor and logitech 5.1 speakers and have linuxmce installed. and no mediapc is complete without a remote
my computer is all by itself but
by starbuddy1995 - 7/27/08 5:19 AM In reply to: No, my computer is all by its lonesome however... by BobNZi have duel monitors a remote and a DVD drive. my second monitor is positioned where anyone in the room can see. so i don't see the need in hooking it up to the TV especially since i hardly watch movies.(I'm a gamer)
PC is connected to TV and receiver
by Stanczyk - 7/25/08 9:17 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used a 50' VGA cable and 50' 3.5mm stereo cable to connect my laptop to my new Samsung 52" 650 which I have integrated into my Marantz receiver and speakers. I use a IO 2.4 wireless long range keyboard and mouse to access the computer while leaving the transmitter near the computer. Works fine except that one has to play around with size just a bit. No problems with hookup.
Computer not connected to Entertainment Centre
by davidn48 - 7/25/08 11:40 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your PC connected to your entertainment center? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I built up a good quality sound system over many years. I use it to play music (mostly from CD's, though I can play mp3 files etc through it also). I play the sound from my TV through my HiFi system and I am very satisfied with the quality (even though it's not 'surround sound'). My Computer is in another room quite a long distance from my Entertainment Centre. I sometimes use the Computer to play music when I'm in this other room. I can see no good reason for combining the two.
David N.
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