Home Theatre
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This section is dedicated to the increasingly popular Home Theatre. From a basic media playing machine to a fully fledged home-automation system, you'll find the right information here.
Our own OCAU Home-Theatre / Audio & Visual Forum can be found Here.
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Hardware
- HTPC Part Recommendations
- Current Surround Formats
- Multi-monitor Support
- Display Types
- Room Lighting
- Setup - How to do it right
- Home Automation
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HTPC Software
Operating Systems:
- Windows Media Center Edition Contains info on how to install Windows Media Center 2005
- MythTV / KnoppMyth Contains info on how to install KnoppMyth
- GeexBox GeeXboX is no more than an awesome standalone media player.
- StreamBox KNOPPIX based Boot-CD which is specially designed to stream MP3.
- Windows XP DVB Tuner Setup Contains info on how to setup your TV tuner and install PVR software in windows XP
Media Center / HTPC Applications:
- MythTV Open-source PVR with large range of plugins
- MediaPortal Full featured, open source HTPC Front-End - constantly undergoing additional development
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