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Saturday, February 12, 2005

Started building a new HTPC

Well, I acquired an old 1 GHZ small form factor Compaq box today that I am going to transform into another HTPC. It's got 512MB of RAM and a 20GB HDD. I have added a DVD-ROM drive, installed Windows XP SP2, Meedio and several DVD decoders.

I am hoping to use it as an "extender" box in my master bedroom so that I can watch DVDs or pull ripped DVDs, photos and MP3s from the other 2 HTPCs.

I still need to pick up a really cheap video card with an s-video out (I'll be connecting this to a 20" flat Samsung TV so I don't need anything too fancy), a set of decent 2.1 speakers and some kind of remote. I'd love to get another Firefly remote; however, I'm not going to shell out $50. Plus, the Firefly is RF, so I don't know if it would interfere with the Firefly I use in the "sanctuary."

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