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Hello folk,
I've just got myself a home theater system I've been dreaming of for years. I also have a Biostar 200N which I have used now and again, hucked up to my 32inch Sony Widescreen, S-vid connection. Picture is fine with movies, dvd, divx etc, although general windows text is poo.
I have been thinking of turning the Biostar into a proper Media centre, although I have a few questions.
Can I display a widescreen image on my crt sony, as I'm sure it just streaches the desktop at the mo? Will WMC display a widescreen desktop?
Is it as simple as just adding a digital tv turner and WMC will do the rest?
Can I run decent mp3 software through WMC? I use itunes at the mo on the telly although again the text is poo, how could I improve this, would winamp 5 have any features that could aid in my vistion issues? IE larger text listings of my music library?
My biostar has a dgital out, optical I believe, could/should that be used for all sound to my yamaha receiver? Optical plug on comp is square-ish, other on back of amp is round. Is there a cable available to overcome this?
I'm hoping thats all I'll need... What do you think?
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Joe
I've just got myself a home theater system I've been dreaming of for years. I also have a Biostar 200N which I have used now and again, hucked up to my 32inch Sony Widescreen, S-vid connection. Picture is fine with movies, dvd, divx etc, although general windows text is poo.
I have been thinking of turning the Biostar into a proper Media centre, although I have a few questions.
Can I display a widescreen image on my crt sony, as I'm sure it just streaches the desktop at the mo? Will WMC display a widescreen desktop?
Is it as simple as just adding a digital tv turner and WMC will do the rest?
Can I run decent mp3 software through WMC? I use itunes at the mo on the telly although again the text is poo, how could I improve this, would winamp 5 have any features that could aid in my vistion issues? IE larger text listings of my music library?
My biostar has a dgital out, optical I believe, could/should that be used for all sound to my yamaha receiver? Optical plug on comp is square-ish, other on back of amp is round. Is there a cable available to overcome this?
I'm hoping thats all I'll need... What do you think?
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Joe