May12
If the idea of putting together your own HTPC puts a twinkle in your eye,this section is for you (and the HTPC we describe here involves a building process — although an increasing number of small, specialty PC builders, will put one together for you). So what do you need besides steady hands, nerves of steel, and a handy-dandy TORX screwdriver or two? Well, let us tell you. The key pieces and parts to any HTPC are the following:
- Fast processor: Generally, you need a fast Core II Duo processor (preferably 2.0 GHz or faster) or an equivalent AMD processor. You can get away with less, but you might have performance issues (such as DVDs having artifacts, or leftover or poorly presented pixels, on the screen because the PC can’t keep up the decoding of the DVD’s MPEG content). ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Furnishings Home Theater’s Some Faces into All Kinds of Spaces You’ve probably watched enough TV shows and movies to know that, for some people, home theaters are as inferior as a kitchen or a bedroom. Indeed, home theaters were spawned from the necessity of filmmakers to preview footage, screen tests, and full movies. They gradually grew to be a status symbol among actors, too, and spread out from there.
after the radio frequency on which these satellites operated), which required that you to put a huge (9-foot or so) satellite dish in your backyard. DSS is a much more user- and landscape-friendly version of satellite TV. DSS dishes can be as small as 18 inches across and are much easier to integrate into the average backyard. Despite this more compact size, DSS has all the advantages that drew people to those big dishes back in the ’80s tons of channels and interesting programming you can’t get from your local broadcast channels. If your cable company offers a digital cable service (which we discuss in an upcoming section), you can probably get just as many channels on that service as you can on a satellite service. 
designed to offer similar “digital quality”advantages as satellite but without the monthly fee.
The iPod. We suspect that you know the iPod, probably have an iPod and more importantly probably love your iPod. Are you aware that you can
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