I put together a HTPC on weekend using MediaPortal. So far it has been running great!
Some Quick Specs for anyone interested:
- CPU: AMD Athlon x2 7750 2.7ghz Dual Core ($84)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM US2H ($112)
- Ram: 4kb Gskillz DDR2-800MHZ - ($67)
- Hdd: 1TB Seagate Barracuda - ($122)
- PSU & Case: Antek NSK2480 ($155)
- Optical: Pioneer Blu-Ray (I have) $0
- Tuner: Dvico Fusion HDTV Nano (Already Have) $0
- External HDD 1TB (Already Have) $0
TOTAL: $540
Some Key Features:
Watch TV
Skip Commercials when recording tv and auto skip on playback
Get TV and Movie information from the net
Remote Recording with ICE TV
Full 1080p playback
HDMI Out with 7.1 Audio
Blu-Ray player
Hidden CD Drive
Download Torrents and search Trackers
View Weather
Check Movie Times at nearest Cinema
wow mediaportal looks fantastic! is it freeware or does it cost money?
ThisMusicIsMagic 3 months ago
what are you using to decode the video and audio? is the mother board capable of doing it? i thought you needed a video card...
565Customz 2 years ago
what is this??? it looks cool
EminemBeastFan24 2 years ago
Great Vid!.. MediaPortal looks really good easy to use!. Thanks alot!
07Waffen 2 years ago