Comments on: King of the Media Center Hill? Maybe Soon. http://blog.trlong.com/2010/01/king-of-the-media-center-hill-maybe-soon/ A Place for "Talkin' Story" Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:49:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Matt http://blog.trlong.com/2010/01/king-of-the-media-center-hill-maybe-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Matt Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:15:58 +0000 http://blog.trlong.com/?p=1158#comment-46 Thanks for the advice. Here in L.A., I'm sure to find something on Craigslist. Needing a reciever is especially a bummer though, because my setup is so clean now. My Acer Revo is mounted to the back of the flat panel that sits nicely on a long cabinet (with the server inside and the router mounted on back). The only other things on top are the small L and R speakers. A receiver is going to look... clunky. Looking forward to more articles of yours. I am also enjoying the reading at avforums, in case you aren't aware of that place, it's AV Geek Central. Cheers. Thanks for the advice. Here in L.A., I’m sure to find something on Craigslist.

Needing a reciever is especially a bummer though, because my setup is so clean now. My Acer Revo is mounted to the back of the flat panel that sits nicely on a long cabinet (with the server inside and the router mounted on back). The only other things on top are the small L and R speakers. A receiver is going to look… clunky.

Looking forward to more articles of yours. I am also enjoying the reading at avforums, in case you aren’t aware of that place, it’s AV Geek Central. Cheers.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.trlong.com/2010/01/king-of-the-media-center-hill-maybe-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Tom Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:31 +0000 http://blog.trlong.com/?p=1158#comment-45 <a href="http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/home-theater/the-urban-home-theater-21-the-starter-system-guest-post-105876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">unplggd </a> just wrote about the same issue. They recommended self-powered speakers that were IR capable but they cost as much as a receiver. There's a guy on <a href="http://www.craigslist.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> craigslist </a> near me with a functioning Sony receiver for only $50 and another with an Onkyo for $100. Maybe you could find something like that? (Oh, and I haven't given up on XBMC. I just don't use it on the HTPC. It is still on my laptop.) unplggd just wrote about the same issue. They recommended self-powered speakers that were IR capable but they cost as much as a receiver. There’s a guy on craigslist near me with a functioning Sony receiver for only $50 and another with an Onkyo for $100. Maybe you could find something like that? (Oh, and I haven’t given up on XBMC. I just don’t use it on the HTPC. It is still on my laptop.)

]]> By: Matt http://blog.trlong.com/2010/01/king-of-the-media-center-hill-maybe-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Matt Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:37 +0000 http://blog.trlong.com/?p=1158#comment-44 Wow. I was just starting to learn about XBMC for my new HTPC setup. I was using your tutorials to get started. Looks like you abandoned it. To be honest, it was looking like it was going to be a huge pain for a semi-geek like me. I don't want to learn linux (practically) just to watch TV and movies. I am going to give WMC a try. And I'll keep checking out your blog. Hopefully you have some more stuff about your gear and your setup in here. I have a new Sony KDL32L504 as our TV and the darn thing has only fixed volume, so my simple powered speakers (no receivr/amp needed in our small apartment) is useless because the TV remote cannot control volume when you are using the TV's audio out jacks. It's silly, but I am stumped. Wow. I was just starting to learn about XBMC for my new HTPC setup. I was using your tutorials to get started. Looks like you abandoned it.

To be honest, it was looking like it was going to be a huge pain for a semi-geek like me. I don’t want to learn linux (practically) just to watch TV and movies.

I am going to give WMC a try. And I’ll keep checking out your blog. Hopefully you have some more stuff about your gear and your setup in here.

I have a new Sony KDL32L504 as our TV and the darn thing has only fixed volume, so my simple powered speakers (no receivr/amp needed in our small apartment) is useless because the TV remote cannot control volume when you are using the TV’s audio out jacks. It’s silly, but I am stumped.

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