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How can I hook my PS3 up to my home theatre system?

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:05:25 +0000

I recently purchased a PS3 , and I was trying to hook it up to my home theatre system. It is currently hooked directly into the tv via the HDMI cable….which is by-passing the home theatre system. I wish to include the home theatre system, I attempted to use an optical audio cable from the console to the home theatre but it didn’t work…any suggestions…we would like to watch our blue-ray movies in full surround sound. Would a HDMI cable from the console to the home theatre and a second HDMI cable from the home theare to the tv solve the problems?

just plug it into your receivers inputs, audio into audio in and video into video in.

Building a Home Theater PC (For Cornell Solar Decathlon)

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:25:27 +0000

*** http://cusd.cornell.edu ***
This video demonstrates the construction of a Home Theater Computer. It was built by myself and other members of Cornell University’s Solar Decathlon Engineering Controls Team.

The computer utilizes a Core 2 Duo Processor at 3.0 GHz, a 128GB Solid-State Hard Drive, and a GeForce 9300 GPU included in its Nvidia 730i chipset. It will be served media content from a home server.

This computer was built with the following design goals in mind:
EFFICIENT POWER USAGE: Accomplished by using a low wattage CPU, A Solid State Hard Drive, an 80+ Certified PSU, and a motherboard with energy saving features.
EXTREMELY QUIET: Utilizes a Solid State Drive to eliminate hard drive vibrations, 2 silent 120mm fans, and an efficient case structure.
HD EXPERIENCE: Integrated GPU provides HDMI HDCP-enabled video output at full HD resolution, while reducing heat and power consumption because of the lack of video card, Gigibit Ethernet enables streaming of content from the house’s multimedia home server, 3GHz CPU provides ample headroom for video decoding.

This HTPC will be used in Cornell University’s Solar Decathlon competition in October 2009. Learn more about the team at http://www.cusd.cornell.edu

THE PARTS LIST AND MUSIC (eBeat), ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD AT THE PROJECT PAGE:

http://www.ultimatecomputers.net/submit_portal/view.php?type=project&id=19

MUSIC BY ALEX MILLER:
http://www.youtube.com/amiller90

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What should my home theatre decor be?

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:47:27 +0000

I am in the process of finishing my basement and i have decided to make an area for a home theatre system everything, the whole deal speakers, tvs, xbox, playstation 3, i was wondering what colour should i paint the room, what would look good?

Do very dark walls… like a chocolate brown with a dark red curtain to wrap around inclose the area to make it very dark and intimate. Put cool comfy chairs in there with lots of floor pillows on a fluffy plush throw rug.
Do rods hanging from the ceiling with metal curtain rings so the curtains can slide easily. Use a heavy dark drape fabric to block out all light.
Be creative with surrond sound speaker placement. Really make it like a theatre. The curtains can be pulled back and left open when not in use.
The design on the walls can blend with the rest of the room.

Use a dark flat paint on the walls then use a disposable baby diaper to blot on a lighter version of the same color over the flat paint except the light paint should be a semi-gloss or gloss. This will achieve a very expensive textured effect to the paint without using a horrible wall paper or something else hard to paint over when/if you want to change the design.
Perhaps do an old Hollywood theme. Put up pics of black and white images from vintage Hollywood movies. Maybe some old movie reels hanging from the wall with real film in them. (Doesn’t matter what is actually on the film, it is just for decoration)

Take two piece of plexiglass….
Between the plexi glass make a collage of movie images such as those cut from old VHS tape boxes…. place them however you want. Glue them to a piece of paper cut the same size as the plexi glass…. then simply place it between the glass and cover with the second piece. Find a sturdy coffee table to set this on as an artistic ‘new table’.

Best Buy New Full HD 3D Home Theater Panasonic 3-D TVs sold out in the U.S. in their first week

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:27:27 +0000

3-D TVs sold out in the U.S. in their first week Best Buy New Full HD 3D Home Theater Panasonic World’s First Ever Full HD 3D Home Theater System Hits Shelves Panasonic and Best Buy Announce Exclusive and Immediate Availability 3D is coming to a living room near you! Recently honored as Best in Show winner at CES 2010, the world’s first ever Full HD 3D home theater system was developed with new, faster screen phosphors and new displays that output imagery at 60 frames per second, creating the best possible picture. Coinciding with the first sale, Panasonic and Best Buy will announce the exclusive and immediate availability of the system. Available models will range in screen size from 50 to 65 inches and a complete line of products will be available nationwide later in 2010.In addition, a 15-city nationwide tour will kick off in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles beginning March 15 with stops in Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C. Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, Detroit, Minneapolis, Dallas and Houston in March and April.

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What is best home theatre system or receiver for indoor and outdoor setup?

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:42:33 +0000

I’m looking to find out what to look for in a receiver or home theatre system so I am able to watch tv inside, and play a dvd or ipod outside using the same receiver. (i.e. Dora inside and Radiohead outside on the deck) Any help would be appreciated!!

there’s a lot of multi-room receivers out there but i don’t think it would be able to play 2 sources at the same time, I am not sure though. i suggest you go visit bestbuy or magnolia.

how do you get televisions sound to come through the home theatre speakers?

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:51:23 +0000

I have a phillips home theatre running to a Sony TV. The TV is surround sound capable. DVD comes thru fine, TV only operates with it’s own sound.

yes, it’s true that you have to hook the tv up to the receiver using the a/v (white and red) cables. but then you would also want to go to the menu in the tv and make sure that the internal speakers are turned off. you may also need to turn the volume of the tv up. this would be in the case that the output on the back of the tv is of the "variable" variety. if the output is "fixed" then you would not need to adjust the volume on the television. make sure that wherever you connect the tv on the back of the receiver labeled IN, you have the receiver on that function.

Have You Ever Set up a Home Theater?

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:35:21 +0000

http://lockergnome.net – http://twitter.com/chrispirillo – http://facebook.com/chrispirillo – Kevin called in the other night and wanted advice on setting up a home theater. The friend of his who is trying to set things up is wondering if an Xbox 360 is sufficient as a starting point. He also already owns a 1080p television. Have you ever set up a home theater? What was your experience like? http://chris.pirillo.com

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What is the name of the home theatre systems that are always on mtv cribs?

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:18:21 +0000

I’m looking into a home theatre system, and have been looking for some type of system that makes it where i dont have to have stacks of dvds. I know there’s apple tv and many others, but the memory of those are limited. i want something more, similar to the ones on mtv cribs that can hold a ton of music and movies. Do you know the name of the makers of these systems? Thanks!

Well of course most of those systems are all custom designed. But what your looking for there are a number of options that are available separately that can be used in any ones systems.

Most of these are not cheap though, I will give you another option at then end that if you are looking to do more on a budget maybe something for you to look into.

Escient: makes one of the more affordable media servers. It works pretty well not to difficult to setup, as will all of them they do require internet access to download cover art and update media information..

Kaleidescape: is making the best system right now but is very expensive. Its a amazing system

The other two lower price options are Sony and a few others make mulit disc cd and dvd players that you just incorporate into your system.

Lastly you can build a custom media server (if your good at building pc’s or know someone that is)
You can build it with as much storage are you would need and add to it as your library increases, everything is stored on hard drives no need to handle dvd’s or cd’s again once they are burned onto your media server. They quality of playback is determined by the quality of video card you use so if you are doing 1080p you will need a very good video card so keep that in mind.

I’m including links to all these options including how to build a media server if that is something you might be able to do with some help.

Kevin
35 years hi-end audio video specialist

How do i make my, nexxtech home theatre in a box put out sound through all the speakers?

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:03:18 +0000

Please only answer if you have a nexxtech home theatre in a box.

i would awnser your question but you say not to because i have an onkyo reciever instead of a nexxtech. but im a nice guy its not going to play 5.1 when you put a cd in just the front left and right and the sub. try putting the eq in all chanel.

New Mac mini Home Theater

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:58:17 +0000

My current home theater setup using the October 2009 Mac mini.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/mattsmacintosh

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