Hardware

CPU Most if not all processors these days are fast enough to decode HD videos and do some sharpening if supported by a recent GPU. Running at least one virtual machine adds a bit to the envelope. Also the machine was to be able to rip and re encode Bluray titles along the way. Getting a processor that is clocked …

Planning a Windows HTPC

When speaking of HTPCs everyone wants the same. Powerful, easy, stable and foremost quiet. My friend Peder Pfister and I set out to accomplish this for his needs. You can see below what those were. Prerequisites already in place were the following components: speakers: Teufel Theater 5 THX Select 5.1 AV receiver: Pioneer AV Receiver VSX-AX4ASi projector: Sanyo PLV-Z5 1280x720p …