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A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergence device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that supports video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes video recording functionality. Here you can ask questions and discuss details about HTPC. You can also get help with solving problems and enhancing your viewing experience.
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
3M ago
I am looking to upgrade my HTPC build with a new GPU for UHD HDR 10+bluray rips. What would be my best choice around the £300 price?Many thanks ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
4M ago
I have a HP Proliant Microserver (not sure model number) purchased in 2010 and I installed the video card and HDDs to run Kodi as basically a repository for all my media files (download on everything via Transmission to HTPC, stream via Infuse on AppleTV). It died this morning, and I don't know... Home AV System Buying, Building & Setup ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
4M ago
Hi Have the above case for sale, purchased from Scan in 2021 and been sat on shelf since setting it up, selling as just not using HTPC anymore. Just case no drives etc... Cannot see any marks on the outer case at all and everything working as it should. Boxed and can post within UK - will ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
6M ago
Hi all, I have a Media PC for watching movies. It's rather old but has been doing the job flawlessly - until now. CPU is an AMD Athlon, more than 10 years old, and GPU a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. I have been playing 4k HDR movies on it, and it wasn't breaking a sweat. But I now came across a movie... Home AV System Buying, Building & Setup ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
8M ago
I used to have this setup: PC -> AVR (RX-677) -> TV (LG B7 65") and with it I can get HD audio (DTS-HD & TrueHD) with no issues. The issue came after I upgraded my TV to LG C1 77" while maintaining the rest of the setup. When I switch the screen (with win+P) to TV only as it should be, I ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
10M ago
Hi. So here it goes : after a lot of connectivity issues when doing PC (Nvidia RTX 3070) > TV (LG CX) > Soundbar (JBL 9.1), I decided to try PC > Soundbar > TV, since I don't play games on PC. And the issue now is ... when I watch a HDR video, it switches to HDR, but will not switch off HDR... high dynamic range (hdr ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
10M ago
I use an HTPC for the vast majority of my viewing. It has a Sound Blaster Z audio card, connected to an analogue 5.1 channel amp and speakers. The motherboard claims to have high quality audio components. Given that the whole board cost £100, I imagine less than a fiver was devoted to the sound... Home AV System Buying, Building & Setup ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
1y ago
Hi to everyone I'd like your expertise on the following situation: I own three old different TV boxes: one for IPTV MAG 250 for English Channels, another H96 for Netflix, YouTube and internet and the last one (no name) to receive the national channels. This is so baffling at time for the rest ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
1y ago
Hi Guys, I am new in this forum but this is already my 3rd Yamaha receiver and first time have issues I cant resolve. I just got RX-A6A just 3 months ago to replace the old RX-A2010, and soon after I also "upgraded" my MacMini to Intel NUC due to the latter support of Dolby Atmos. Since then ..read more
AV Forums » Home Theater PC
1y ago
I'm just wondering if it's possible to save different profiles. I would like to create a profile for when playing on my projector and another when playing on my TV Can it do this?..... If so, does it automatically switch relating to signal/source, or done manually Thanks ..read more