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Case: Norco RPC-470
CPU: Phenom II x4 925
Heatsink: Thermalright Ultima-90
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3
Video: Sapphire HD4830 HDMI
HDD: 64gig Crucial M4
PSU: Corsair 650HX
Screen: 106" Elite Screen with Epson Home Cinema 8350
LG GGC-H20LK HD-DVD/Blu-Ray
AVR: Yamaha RX-V671
Front Speakers: Klipsch KF-28
Center Speaker: Klipsch C-1
Side Speakers: Klipsch S-2
Sub: Klipsch SW-350

Edited by Wicked Klown - 11/29/12 at 7:30pm

Here is Mine:

Case - NMEDIA PC - HTPC 400BA
Mobo: K8Upgrade-NF3 AMD Socket 754
CPU: Sempron 64 - 3400+ Socket 754.
Video Card: ATI Radeon 800XL AGP
Main Harddrive - Maxtor ATA133 - 80 gig HD.
Media Drive - Seagate SATA2 - 500 gig HD.
DVD Burner :Sony DVD Writer
RAM: Two Sticks of 512 MEG of Generic DDR 400 RAM.
OS : Windows XP Home
MCE Software: SAGE TV.
Wireless Keyboard: NMEDIA PC 2.4GHZ wireless keyboard
Remote: Windows Media Remote V2.0
TV Tuner: (2 Hauppauge 150)
Wireless Lan Card: DLINK WDA-1320
Power Supply: Silverstone ST50EF-Plus (500W)

@Kake - You got nice decorating skills.

Thanks man.. that would be my wife though. I do like red however and encouraged a red set of couches. I thought it was todded to buy one white couch and one red one, but now that its in my living room, i see what my wife was saying. me = /typical guy.

I'll get a finished product shot after work and a spec sheet.

Here's mine... I just set it up and the place is a mess.

One of my theater areas. The Family Room. Excuse the mess, we have been very busy lately and haven't had time to clean house that much.

As you walk into the room..



A closer look. This HTPC is in an Ahanix D4 case, sitting in that cabinet under the mirror. This is connected to a HDMI switch, which is in turn connected to an Infocus IN 72 projector. On the audio side, it's connected to a run of the mill Pioneer VSX receiver using digital coax.



The projector..



The screen. DIY, using a velvet cloth encased frame, with Pioneer plasma speakers attached to the screen itself. My design. Didn't need surround sound in this room. The plasma speakers and a sub are more than enough. (The image displayed right now, is of course with all lights on and with the flash on in the camera. I can build computers, but I don't take pictures that well. Still have to try some shooting int he dark to take screen shots of the displayed video quality.



View from the couch.. (You can see the sub sitting under the side table)

60" TV - everything looks a bit small since I went ultra-wide angle.

^^OMG! Now thats pimpin'. Keep em comin guys. Lovin the pics.

Here is a few. Forgive the bad PQ.

The Sharp "52 is waiting on my new HTPC, due tomorrow. Will post some new pics when I finish the build.

The other is a closet install in the bedroom I wanted to share.

Is that a bottle of Späten Lager on the coffee table? I like you even more.....

So where's the monster RAID box??? Come on, I showed you mine, now show us yours!

Ask and ye shall receive. Sits in the garage.... this was the final product..

DIY homebuilt 19" rack (total cost about $35..mostly wood and plywood). (Yes, that's a Lotus in the background...)



The server..



The drives array (This is just one of them, the other one is down for maintenance right now..actually so are some of the disks in this one..I'm trying out ZFS...)

I see you are a true Yamaha Fan! Nice models.

-JD-

- Nmedia HTPC-200BA (Black)
- AMD X2 4200+
- Biostar Tforce TA690GAM2 with HDMI
- Seasonic S12-430HB PS
- 2 x Crucial 1 Gb RAM
- WD SATA 2 500Gb HD
- MS keyboard, MCE remote and receiver
- Pioneer DVD-ROM drive
- Cheapo wireless G USB adaptor

Software: MCE 2005, TheaterTek DVD, Zoom Player







Custom made stainless steel/glass A/V unit.

Sony KFE42A10 - Rogers SA 8300 HD PVR - Pioneer DV-656A - Denon 1507 Receiver - SMC EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adaptor

Doh! I'm a dummy, you posted those the other day.

Here's mine:


Primary components:
* Samsung 46" 720P DLP TV
* Pioneer VSX-D811S 6.1 channel 600w receiver
* Custom-built Vista Media Center box in Antec NSK-2400 case
Abit NF-M2 Nview Geforce 6150 mobo
A64 3500+, soon to be A64 X2 4800+
2GB DDR2-800 RAM
256MB Geforce 7600GS video card
80GB 2.5" primary HDD and 300GB 3.5" media HDD
NEC 3500 DVD-R/W drive
* Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000s, ProCenter 1000 and ProSub 200TL

-Douglas

Weird, I think you have the same house as I do! That wall can actually support the weight of the television? It can't be a plasma, those things are heavy!

Loving this thread!! People have beautiful setups.

Here's mine:





I have some things in here that are rarely used anymore..the PS3 was mostly used as a blu-ray player, so that is hardly used used now and the Toshiba HD-DVD is not used at all. I'm just dreaming of the day I can get rid of my FiOS HD-DVR and just use my wonderful machine for everything. Some day!!

Damnit, this thread will just cost me money. There are too many things it's going to make me want like those red leather couches.


Troy

Yeah it is plasma. I actually had to remove all that trim, take the drywall down and add studs to the wall to get it to work. It is very strong now. Really the TV only weighs like 100lbs.

I know those couches look so comfortable. Would love to have them in black. Check out Storme's PC Case. Very nice!

Only thing you can't see are the 5 Acoustic Research speakers are mounted on the ceiling.

Audio:
HarmonKardon AVR240 > Spdif 7.1 config: 4ohm
Main L,R = RW-500
Center = RW-120
Surround = 4x Miken Audio
Sunfire LowEnd amplifier ; 2,700 watt: 2ohm
Subwoofer west = DIY Swan HiVi 10" & 2lb 10" Passive rad.
Subwoofer east = DIY TCsound2K DualVC & 2x 2.5lb Passive rad's

HTPC:
Silverstone LC14 Case, 4 Line VFD
CPU = Intel Q6600 Quad Core *LiquidCooled*
MotherBoard = Asus P5W-DigitalHome *LiquidCooled*
Mem = 2 Gb 1066mhz DDR2 *LiquidCooled*
HardDrive = 1.6 Terabytes,HDTV Video,Vista x64
Video = HD 3870X2 *LiquidCooled*,
Monitot = AKAI 42"PDP (Samsung) DVI-D > 480,720,1080i
Live Media = PCI DVB-Satellite,PCI ATSC-OTA,HD-DVD
Audio = SPDIF to AVR240

not sure how to upload image within post?

You can see a bunch of pictures of my old setup if you click the link in my signature. When I get home from work, I'll post some updated pics. Hope yall enjoy.

DougHamm, those red leather couches look really great.
Here is my simple setup.







Ralph P.