I recently re-did one of my computers with Windows MCE 2005. My dad purchased a computer with that OS on it and I thought Hey!, I have a Computer with a tuner card, that would be nice for my computer. So Purchased a copy of Windows MCE 2005 and installed it on my computer. The specs are below
P4 @ 3.06GHz
1GB PC2700 DDR Ram
40 GB Harddrive (for OS and Apps)
80GB HardDrive for Data storage
DVD-ROM and DVD-RW
SB-Audigy Platinum Sound
ATI All-In-Wonder 9700
Windows MCE 2005
The graphics card has DVI out and my Mitsubish TV (Model WS-55315)has a DVI input in the back. I understand the warnings about hooking up a computer to a projection TV because of the screen burn and stuff, but that is not what concerns me. I guess I want to know of any settings or utilities that may be helpful. My TV can display 480i, 480P, and 1080i resolutions. While searching the internet for helpful information (which kind of confused me) I heard the mention of a utility called PowerStrip. Do I need this? I went to http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ which is the homepage for the powerstrip utility and I couldn't even download it.
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
I was thinking of making a home theater PC. I wanted to avoid using the TV-out (RCA) because the video quality is not as good. I just wanted to see if anyone had any experience of using the DVI inputs on the HDTVs with Computers and if there were any precautions that I should take. I was looking in the properties of my ATI AIW card and it has resolution support for the HDTV Standards, 720x480, 1280x720 and 1920x1080. Seing as my TV supports only 1080i I was just curious if I set my resolution to 1920x1080 on the TV handle that.
i doubt that your tv would handle a resolution of that size. it would likely work but your desktop would be panning around the edges of the tv screen. full screen video would display fine though
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
Well I connected the PC using the DVI out on the ATI card at it appears to be running stable at 1776x1000 resolution. To me that sounds odd, but it was one step lower than 1920x1080 which worked but the whole windows desktop did not show. I tried it on 1280x720 and the display shrunk so there was a black border around the whole thing. The two resolutions that worked were 848x480 and 1776x1000. The video doesn't look any different at the higher resolution, so I may drop it down to the 848x480 for performance reasons because it seemed to skip a little at that high res.
