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Guys,
I am looking for a little advice. I recently updated my HTPC with a new XfX ATI 5850 and 700w power supply to drive it. The rest of the system consists of a Onkyo tx-nr807 and a Sony Bravia KDL52XBR4. Out of the box the 5850 took a little manipulating to get the drivers installed but once they were the picture looked fantastic....much improved over my Nvidia 8300s. I am using VMC and Mediabrowser as my front end along with WMP cinema classic to play my MKV's. I do not have FF or AVC installed and have not installed anything other than the card and WMP classic and all my stuff (1080p) plays smooth. A few things I have questions about........
1. Up until now, I have played .mkv files exclusively from my HHD and had no blu ray drive installed. I am considering picking up a BR drive and want to know what is the best software to use to play them?
2. Would I see any improvement by installing FF or AVC to give me more tweaking options? Are they any good threads that go into detail about setting up WMP classic and adjusting the settings within it?
3. I noticed at the 1920x1080 setting with the new 5850 card that the screen does stretch all the way to edges of the TV like the old card had the ability to do. Does anyone know if there is an option in the Catalyst software that will let me pull the edges of the screen to fill my TV? There is currently about a 1.5" border all the way around. It would be nice if I could pull that to the edge of the TV.
Thanks for the help,
Jimmie
I am looking for a little advice. I recently updated my HTPC with a new XfX ATI 5850 and 700w power supply to drive it. The rest of the system consists of a Onkyo tx-nr807 and a Sony Bravia KDL52XBR4. Out of the box the 5850 took a little manipulating to get the drivers installed but once they were the picture looked fantastic....much improved over my Nvidia 8300s. I am using VMC and Mediabrowser as my front end along with WMP cinema classic to play my MKV's. I do not have FF or AVC installed and have not installed anything other than the card and WMP classic and all my stuff (1080p) plays smooth. A few things I have questions about........
1. Up until now, I have played .mkv files exclusively from my HHD and had no blu ray drive installed. I am considering picking up a BR drive and want to know what is the best software to use to play them?
2. Would I see any improvement by installing FF or AVC to give me more tweaking options? Are they any good threads that go into detail about setting up WMP classic and adjusting the settings within it?
3. I noticed at the 1920x1080 setting with the new 5850 card that the screen does stretch all the way to edges of the TV like the old card had the ability to do. Does anyone know if there is an option in the Catalyst software that will let me pull the edges of the screen to fill my TV? There is currently about a 1.5" border all the way around. It would be nice if I could pull that to the edge of the TV.
Thanks for the help,
Jimmie