skaplaya Posted March 13, 2001 Share Posted March 13, 2001 This is simply a list to show whats available, theres a lot more, but these in most cases are the major players for those willing to spend the dough for PCHT, hope this helps. Its not everything of course because that would take to long to right and compare, but its a good assortment. Home Theater Sound Cards Available: Philips Acoustic Edge (5.1) Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (5.1) Hercules Game Theater XP (5.1) Audiophile 24/96 - Studio Sound Blaster Live Audigy (5.1) Sound Blaser Live (5.1) Mpeg-2 (DVD) Decoders: Ravisent Cinemaster - Decent Function Creative Labs DXR3 - Package Deals Common Sigma Designs Hollywood+ - Excellent Audio Dolby 5.1 Decoders (Non-Receivers): Midiland ADS-2000 (May Be Purchased Alone) Midiland ADS-3000 (Must Puchase ML S4 7100+) Dolby 5.1 & Dts Decoders: Jazz Hipster DE-005 (Not In US) Jazz Hipster DE-006 (Not In US) Yamaha TSS-1 (With Yamaha TSS-1 5.1 Set) Home Theater Monitors: Sony G500 - 21" Flat CRT FD Trinitron Mitsubish DT 2060U - 22" Flat CRT Sony GDM-FW900 - 24" Widescreen Flat CRT SGI 1400SW 17.3" Widescreen LCD Flat Panel Major Software Mpeg-2 Decoders: Intervideo WinDVD (multichannel ver.) Cyberlink PowerDVD (6 Channel ver.) PCHT Accesories: SB Live 5.1 Live Drive w/Remote Live 5.1 Digital Output Bracket Real Magic Remote Control Hoontech Live 5.1 Signal Amps Major DVD Drives: Creative 12x Encore - Good Memory Buffer Pioneer 16x 105s - Nice Slot Load but Loud AOpen 16x DVD - Cheap And Workable Major TV Tuner Cards: All In Wonder TV (Simple Enough) Hauppage Wintv-HD (Costly, But Oh The Joy) Hauppage Wintv-PVR (Video Recording) Major Graphics Cards: Nvidia Geforce2 Ultra - Costly Nvidia Geforce2 GTS/Pro - Decent Nvidia Geforce3 - Soon To Be Released ATI Radeon - Ok, But No Show Horse Matrox Millineum GT450 - Dual Out TV Dealy Other Options: HT Receivers (Cons - No Real Analogs, Sometimes G9's, No Real 4-Speaker Gaming) Various Manufacturer/Review Sites And Audio Sites: 3dsoundsurge.com - Major Audio Updates Neoseeker.com - Major Reviews Maximumpc.com - Magazine/Reviews Zdnet.com - Various Reviews Cnet.com - Various Reviews Firingsquad.com - Reviews Gamespot.com - Reviews Soundcardcentral.com - General Audio 3dfiles.com - Various 3d Stuff Nvidia.com - Graphics Cards Sonystyle.com - Widescreen CRT's Midiland.com - Decoders SGI.com - High End Graphics Sigmadesigns.com - Decoders Philipsusa.com - S-Cards soundblaster.com - S-Cards Turtlebeach.com - S-Cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asudhir Posted March 13, 2001 Share Posted March 13, 2001 thanks for this list of stuff skaplaya. *zen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quistes Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 whats a good one for heatsincs/fans for a cpu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykid Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 Can someone please tell me who makes the best TV tuner? i'm looking for one that has FM in it as well. I came across the 3dfx card but don't know much about it, is it good? Also does anyone know any review sites i can look at about TVtuners? Thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 Candykid: I dont know if you have realized this, though you probably have... 3Dfx no longer exists, though some of their products still linger... As for their TV tuner card.. It is basically the TV/FM capabilities that the 3Dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV had... which I owned... and I must say it was quite the nice bundle, you could record TV at a couple different resolutions, it had a very versatile input/output setup (the POD) though I dont know if that was transfered over to the Tuner card... The "remote" was rather full featured and in general the card was fairly high quality... Personally I loved the thing. The only thing you must keep in mind is that you MUST have an external antenna of some sort to hook on the back of the FM tuner if you have any hope of getting radio stations... Computers have too much electrostatic shiznit goin on in them to use the card's little coax thing in hopes of getting a station. Oh.. dont know if this carried over, though it was pretty much a software thing... you could zoom in on what you were watchin on TV, it was kinda amusing.... well, hope this helps.. if you have any other questions just ask, because from what I understood the card is basically the V3 3500 TV minus the voodoo part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike... the real one Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 For the TV Tunner, I got the ATI TV WONDER (not the VE version) and it rocks! I have an SVideo in, RCA in, plus a lot of cables to plug almost whatever I want to it. It isnt expensive, around 110$ Canadian, which means 60 or 70 US... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluegun Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 Hey, go to www.avsforum.com if you wanna know about the stuff that's more specialist (ie, you're not using this HTPC for anything else) oriented. I'm talking about other soundcards (like the 2496, and better), way bigger HDTV's to connect to your PC, digital audio recievers and speaker systems to use...stuff like that. Oh, and DONT GET THAT VOODOO TV TUNER!! There's this one tv tuner that gets normal tv, hdtv, fm radio, and acts like a Tivo...and there's also other cheap tv tuners that are just plain better than the voodoo one... Unfortunately, I don't know specifics, which is why I posted the link to avsforum. ------------------ "Feh." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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