Home Theatre PC Guide

Greg Ridder writes "For those of you who are interested in possibly putting together a Home Theatre or Media PC, I stumbled upon an excellent guide. It discusses basic hardware requirements, four software choices (BeyondTV, SageTV, MCE2005 and MythTV), controlling your cable or satellite set-top box and much more. Based on the research that I've done in the past, this is the most comprehensive guide that I've seen to date."

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Home Theater Recommendation? Heard of Prof. Audio?

[Evil W1zard]

I am getting a new house built and I have the option of having a subcontractor install a in-ceiling or in-wall surround sound system. They of course are trying to sell their product so they say their stuff is the greatest of course, but I can't seem to find jack about the type of speakers they use. I can either get a 7.1 or a 5.1 surround package using Proficient Audio speakers, but there aren't any reviews that I can find of that kind of speaker. I am also indecisive about getting 5.1 or 7.1 (I have been told not to go with 7.1 because it hasn't really taken off yet, but I am not an audio guy so I really can't rebut anything they say) Anyone had any experience with Proficient Audio (good or bad)... I plan on buying a PRISMIQ media hub from good ol' Thinkgeek and running MP3s and other things through my TV and hence through my surround sound set-up, but I don't want to wind up buying crappy speakers that are prone to blowing up! What say ye?