2008-04-21, 08:08 PM
As the title says, I'm just saying hello and introducing myself 
I've been lurking here for a while and figure it's about time I try to give back to the board that has helped me so much through my woes.
Found GBPVR maybe 6 months ago? I'm not sure really. Possibly more. Fantastic program. Sub you're amazing :p
Once I started to get the hang of it, I decided my old HTPC wasn't up to the task of what I wanted to do. A long look through Newegg ended up with the following ending up on my doorstep:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a C2D E6750 (2.66ghz) Processor
2 Gigs of GeIL DDR2-800 memory
Radeon X1650pro Video
SATA2 120 gig HDD.
From my old system I just took out the DVD drive, HVR-1600 tuner, and logitech bluetooth KB and mouse (MX-5000 I think it is?).
Slapped it all together with 2TB of external storage (mixture of Esata and USB2) and threw XP Home on it to make it go. It's not the fastest thing in the world, but it does well enough for me to launch Guild Wars or Nexus from within PVRX2 and have it not skip a beat while recording in the background.
From the computer I have video going into a 37" LCD TV, and audio running through TOSLink into my Yamaha surround system.
Getting everyhting to work together was the next headache. I designed the system so that everyhting would do what I wanted, and would allow the software to do what it needed, but getting the correct mixes of codecs, options, and setup took a lot of trial and error. It's all sorted now and humming along nicely. Kind of boring actually. I dont need to fiddle with it anymore... I need a new project.
So that's my setup. I've probably forgotten stuff... it's a mess at the moment (working on building a custom bit of furniture for it all). How about some "about me". Lets see...
I've got a degree in Telecommunications with a steep bent toward Electronics. I currently work in the AV industry as an Infocomm CTS certified Installer doing high end board rooms, education, corporate training, and institutional multimedia and automation integration. Ran my own IT/Technology migration business for a while and figured out working for yourself sucks. I've got a background in programming for both PC's and firmware for microcontrollers and microprocessors and like building unnecessary and unnecessarily complex devices to do stupid menial tasks. Things like turn on an LED indicator when the sun comes up. Why? I dunno...just felt like doing it.
Soooo....yeah...that's a rather long winded hello. I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who's contributed anything at all to the board. You've probably helped me in some way. Hopefully I can start giving back.
--Andy
I've been lurking here for a while and figure it's about time I try to give back to the board that has helped me so much through my woes.Found GBPVR maybe 6 months ago? I'm not sure really. Possibly more. Fantastic program. Sub you're amazing :p
Once I started to get the hang of it, I decided my old HTPC wasn't up to the task of what I wanted to do. A long look through Newegg ended up with the following ending up on my doorstep:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo with a C2D E6750 (2.66ghz) Processor
2 Gigs of GeIL DDR2-800 memory
Radeon X1650pro Video
SATA2 120 gig HDD.
From my old system I just took out the DVD drive, HVR-1600 tuner, and logitech bluetooth KB and mouse (MX-5000 I think it is?).
Slapped it all together with 2TB of external storage (mixture of Esata and USB2) and threw XP Home on it to make it go. It's not the fastest thing in the world, but it does well enough for me to launch Guild Wars or Nexus from within PVRX2 and have it not skip a beat while recording in the background.
From the computer I have video going into a 37" LCD TV, and audio running through TOSLink into my Yamaha surround system.
Getting everyhting to work together was the next headache. I designed the system so that everyhting would do what I wanted, and would allow the software to do what it needed, but getting the correct mixes of codecs, options, and setup took a lot of trial and error. It's all sorted now and humming along nicely. Kind of boring actually. I dont need to fiddle with it anymore... I need a new project.
So that's my setup. I've probably forgotten stuff... it's a mess at the moment (working on building a custom bit of furniture for it all). How about some "about me". Lets see...
I've got a degree in Telecommunications with a steep bent toward Electronics. I currently work in the AV industry as an Infocomm CTS certified Installer doing high end board rooms, education, corporate training, and institutional multimedia and automation integration. Ran my own IT/Technology migration business for a while and figured out working for yourself sucks. I've got a background in programming for both PC's and firmware for microcontrollers and microprocessors and like building unnecessary and unnecessarily complex devices to do stupid menial tasks. Things like turn on an LED indicator when the sun comes up. Why? I dunno...just felt like doing it.
Soooo....yeah...that's a rather long winded hello. I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who's contributed anything at all to the board. You've probably helped me in some way. Hopefully I can start giving back.
--Andy
