Comments on: Connect your PC to your HDTV

By: Tom Kraak

Tom Kraak — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:36:47 +0000

Great post Jeff. Here is some more interesting stuff http://tinyurl.com/5n3nsd.

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By: Jeff Waters

Jeff Waters — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:31:42 +0000

Oh, and one more tip for everyone. If you are really eager to jump on the blu-ray bandwagon, you could also add a blu-ray DVD player to your PC and this rig will play it.

Though, at that point- you might consider getting one of the HP Slimline PCs (very tiny and quiet) with a bluetooth keyboard, blu-ray player, and HDMI out for under $1k. Small enough to easily fit in your home-theater cabinet and then you’d have a dedicated mediacenter PC.

Considering most blu-ray players are still around $250-$500… that could really make some sense!

By: Jeff Waters

Jeff Waters — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:43:10 +0000

Derrek: Seemed like there was a near religious devotion to either Plasma or LCD back when I bought the TV.

I went w/ Plasma and have had some burn-in issues. I hear the newer sets don’t have that as a problem now.

Still, I think I’d probably go LCD if I were getting one today. Mainly cause they are lighter & thinner and a bit less costly. I think they use less juice, too (not that I’m hugging any trees, eating granola, or wearing birkenstocks).

By: Jeff Waters

Jeff Waters — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:39:59 +0000

Rick: The PC is about a 3 year old Sony running “Windows XP Media Center”.

By: derrek cooper

derrek cooper — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:31:10 +0000

ok.. now I am super jealous.. Something I have been thinking about forever.

This sounds like an awesome setup..

I have an old school rear-projection.

Trying to decide whether or not to go plasma??

By: Mark Burhop

Mark Burhop — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:27:13 +0000

We’ve been doing this too. My wife’s laptop and son’s apple both have s-video out so we have been streaming video this way. This works pretty well from netflix or whatever video source my son finds.

But what you have done is definitely a step up since it takes care of the sound and is probably higher video quality.

It may be time to build a media PC

By: Rick Stavanja

Rick Stavanja — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:24:47 +0000

Thx for the post! It’ll serve to reinforce our decision to move the same direction here. I am curious tho on the configuration for the PC you have connected to the HDTV. …Vista? XP? MediaCenter?