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Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2008 10:44PM Mmmmmmm sexy :)
Ask Engadget HD: What's the ultimate HD movie HTPC setup? {Engadget HD}
Jan 16th 2008 3:31PM Double Post warning, Specs are here: http://www.overclock.net/system.php?i=14213
and photos are here: http://www.overclock.net/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/40875
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0GHz
Motherboard: ECS NF-MCP61
Bios: Award BIOS
GPU maker: nvidia
Graphics Card: BFG GeForce 8800GT 512MB OC
Memory: 2 x Corsair 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 667 MHz
Hard Drive: 120GB Main + 500GB ATA + 3 x 500GB SATA
Optical Drive: Sony AW-G170A
Power Supply: 700 Watt PS2 ATX 12V
Display: Samsung Synchmaster 22" 2232BW and Sharp LC-42D64U
Case: RAIDMAXxA
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-fi Extreme Audio 7.1
Speakers: Logitech X-540
Headphones: Logitech ClearChat Pro USB Headset
Mouse: xRaider Mouse
Mouse pad: Flexiglow FX Game Pad
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Ask Engadget HD: What's the ultimate HD movie HTPC setup? {Engadget HD}
Jan 16th 2008 3:26PM I built my own and it worked out great! :) I feel if you can afford it and have the time to build it yourself or the money to buy one premade it is the best way to go. I figure you get a motherboard GPU and processor in every HD player you buy or game console, why not do it all on one? A lot of games are ported or (like Crysis) PC exclusive or when they go PC they are better like Gears of War and offer modability and addon functionality. Games are more friendly to customization and have been for some time these days. It's a fun experience and much more fault tolerant. It's easier to replace one bad card than my whole player and cheaper too you know? You can upgrade easier too. I wouldn't have it any other way and most of my HD source is from my HTPC. To give an idea if you build smart and do it yourself I saved about $1000 building mine and timing my purchases correctly. There's no saying you cant still get the game consoles and plug them into your TV as well for those exclusive games you really like and if you have dual displays soft modding the XBOX to store like an Apple TV to run your TV instead and installing a bigger hard drive in it is great too. This way one can free up system resources for other functions or the intensive games and watch a movie at the same time or background noise. Sorry about the run-on but it's pretty exciting of a concept.
Retail CEO's react to Warner's Blu-ray shift {Engadget HD}
Jan 9th 2008 3:24PM Yeah Best Buy would be the one to watch.
Deeznuts are you are Star Wars fan? I think your name is a cheat code for one of their old games...
Vidikron (FU) I see your avatar how do you feel about BSG S1 being on HD-DVD? It's one of the reasons I own the addon drive ported through my PC because of things like Battlestar but it makes me wonder at what point will all box sets come out because they must lose money on sets they make if either end up on a losing format.
Eyes-on with Samsung's 31-inch and 14-inch OLED TVs -- take that Sony {Engadget HD}
Jan 9th 2008 3:17PM From stories I've heard the customer service is better with Samsung but I'm pretty close in touch and friends with people of both companies so I haven't had any personal complaints ever.
It's been long true that in a lot of cases wired is better than wireless and each has a sacrifice. Given the choice for WiFi or Ethernet for your desktop computer assuming each were both quite easy to do wouldn't you pick wired?
Sharp pushes out more Aquos LCDs {Engadget HD}
Jan 6th 2008 9:46PM You've had some experience with that Mr.Scarface?
Michael Bay says HD DVD will die a slow death {Engadget HD}
Jan 5th 2008 9:10PM How many times has Bay now changed sides?
SAMe I agree I want LOTR in HD that was a great special effects film and storyline but in HD is icing on the cake. Lots of nature and chivalry and we all know showing off technology or nature are the most gorgeous ways to show off an HD display with those bright and plentiful colors to attract.
omoks you are right I get about 2/3 of my HD content that way. I've never been one for optical storage and prefer my 2.5 TB of storage instead.
Logitech launches Harmony One {Engadget HD}
Jan 5th 2008 9:07PM Looks like it might be more friendly to hold than my 880.
Return your HDTV? Or buy more stuff to go with it? {Engadget HD}
Dec 27th 2007 3:06AM That's sure true and the worse the reputation of the company, the lower the bad consumers sink. I'd at least try to work at the better ones but no matter what there are some real nut jobs, after all they shop too.
Panasonic showing a 150-inch plasma at CES? {Engadget HD}
Dec 24th 2007 9:37PM I wanna see what this looks like. :D $120,000 perhaps?
