Posts by sriramc

I honestly cannot recommend an onkyo anymore. Their customer support is poor, and recently I have started seeing more and more issues with their receivers.

Same problem with my onkyo 875 and htpc. No Signal when connected through the onkyo, but works great when the htpc is connected directly to the sony tv. This setup mostly worked for 3years, until yesterday (the front panel went out twice...

I started this poll to see if people actually use 24Hz with their htpc. My tv supports 24Hz, but I still see judder with broadcast content at 60Hz. When the refresh rate is set to 60Hz,my local CBS station has severe processing...

Do you use 24Hz with your htpc?

Sweet so the new revisions are available. The ZOTAC 9300 itx has regained its spot as the best htpc board. Anyone want a rev 1 board for sale?

I use the BTC 9039 model and its pretty good value for $22.99. geeks.com product link. Works well in windows 7 as well. Edit: Sorry, but its out of stock everywhere.

My win7 setup always has the following steps 1. Install win7 in its own OS partition (separate partition for media/ recordings) 2. Activate & update win7 3. Install drivers for display, audio, tv tuner, IR receiver etc 4....

Quote: Originally Posted by spillz564 Have you noticed any differences between the interface on VMC and Win 7? Sorry I can't compare... I got rid of VMC before MS integrated netflix. My best guess is they are very close, if not...

The MS update from last night added netflix to windows 7 MCE. Great integrated interface, shows up on the left of the "movie library" icon. Play, pause etc works using the mce remote. I uninstalled the mynetflix plugin. Looks like MS...

Quote: Originally Posted by midimid Can you clear up as to the precise issues I might have when it arrives tomorrow? There's alot of pages of topics to read through and no one seems to have collected it all together other than the...