HTPC

[ClamSlammer]

One of my hobbies is perfecting and improving my home theatre PC.

I've got about 7-800 bucks tied up in it, and made it mostly from spare parts.

Recently I've gotten a bit more into it and put a new Mobo, and SSD in it.

 

It's just a hobby but it's also super cool.

I can access all my media (TV shows, Movies, Music, Concerts, Pictures, Whatever) from anywhere I have an internet connection or cell phone signal.

There's a web client that works really well.

 

Plus there's an app for my phone.

Plus I have it set up on my TV in my living room.

 

The coolest thing that I just figured out how to do is actually streaming live TV anywhere as well.

 

Just curious if there's anyone else out there that's tinkering with this kinda stuff.

 

I posted this in the Movie section and it recieved 0 replies so I figured I'd try here.

[Vanaraud]

TVcard with internet TV broadcasting ability?

[TulsaGeoff]

Awesome. I'm sure it is time consuming. Do you have a nice theater setup?

[ronaldounit0]

That's awesome! You can even use steam streaming to stream from you gaming pc to your HTPC if you were in the mood to play games while you were in the theater! 

 

Good stuff

[ClamSlammer]

TVcard with internet TV broadcasting ability?

Sorta kinda?

I do have a cable card (I don't bother paying for cable with this set up though) that allows me to tune into basic local channels.

Then via the app I can watch that any where I'd like to.

Most of the content though are movies/music/concerts that I've either downloaded or ripped.

Right now I have...

505 Movies (this one is growing almost daily)

16 Concerts (these are hard to find, if anyone has any good source for these let me know)

A whole bunch of music.

And all seasons of several shows (South Park, Family Guy, Archer, American Horror Story, and others).

 

 

Awesome. I'm sure it is time consuming. Do you have a nice theater setup?

It's nothing special right now.

A 5.1 set up and a 37" LED TV, but it works pretty well especially since I'm in an apartment still.

Someday (in the far future) I'll be able to actually afford what I want to do with this.

A projector, 7.2 system, etc.

First things first I need a house

[ClamSlammer]

Also here's the specs. of the system that I'm running this all off of.

AMD FX-6300 - Stock

8Gb DDR3 RAM - just no name stuff that I got for cheap

SanDisk 64Gb SSD - for the OS and Apps

4Tb WesternDigital Red - For storage

A 500W Corsair PSU?

XFX HD 5450 - GPU

I forget the sound card and the ASRock Mobo.

My pride about it though is the Silverstone Case. - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163239

 

The case really makes it, and makes the whole thing look like it actually belongs in a home theater.

 

I recently built roughly the same setup for my father-in-law that had 2 of the 4Tb drives in mirror RAID.

I want to do that eventually with mine, but again, funds won't allow it at the moment