Home Theatre

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 infos here.

Our own OCAU Home-Theater / Audio/Visual Forums can be found Here.

Hardware

• Basic HTPC Part List
• Advanced HTPC Part List
• Screens
• Sound
• Room Lighting
• Setup - How to do it right
• Home Automation

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

Misc.

• The new post pics of yer HT thread....
• TV Tuners / DVD Cards from the OCAU Content Archive.

--Squaredcorp 23:23, 11 Aug 2005 (EST)