Posts Tagged ‘HTPC’

Mac Mini HTPC to Compliment your TV Wall Frame

July 30th, 2009 By: Lauren

Not all home theaters are created equal. Some people prefer to design the wall treatments, seating arrangements and lighting fixtures to perfection, and forget about the good stuff: the hardware. This can lead to a lovely looking home theater from afar, but a mess of cables, slapped-together devices and a jumble of electronic excess often adorn the area immediately surrounding the LCD flat panel TV. If you’ve found yourself at a loss when you try to organize and shrink down your home theater hardware, you might want to consider a Mac Mini Home Theater Personal Computer (HTPC).

The Mac Mini is a small, powerful and quiet device that will simplify your home theater with only a few cables and some easy-to-find software. It is sleek looking, so you don’t have to worry about it messing up the minimalist, modern vibe you’ve got going in your home entertainment center.

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Flat Screen TV Frames and Home Theater PCs

July 15th, 2009 By: Lauren

Your home theater can be as functional, or as simple, as you want it. You can make it a movie-dedicated area, with Full HD picture and 7.1 surround sound to reproduce Hollywood’s best, flawlessly. Or you can create a multimedia experience, offering guests access not only to movies, but also music, TV, pictures, websites and more, all from your HDTV and flat screen TV frame. For those going the more expansive route, many people choose to incorporate a home theater PC into their setup, to make a multimedia experience easier to navigate and more equipped for 21st century entertainment demands.

At its core, a home theater PC (HTPC) combines the functions of a traditional personal computer with a home theater multimedia center, offering you the video and music capabilities of a multimedia center in conjunction with computer applications such as web browsing. You can purchase HTPCs designed to function as a multimedia center, and these will often be equipped with a 10-foot or more user interface so that you can navigate via remote from your couch, as well as offering easy connectivity to an HDTV display.

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TV Frame Photo Slideshow

July 10th, 2009 By: Lauren

Your HDTV with a TV Frame doesn’t have to be used only for viewing the latest Hollywood blockbusters in crystal clear HD.  You can also set up your HDTV to playback slideshows of your own photos – family gatherings, vacations, nature shots, you name it.  Your HDTV can display these photos in a slideshow that will bring out all of the colors, detail and life-like replication of each picture, and can be set on auto to play in the background while you enjoy your company.

There are several ways that you can set up your HDTV and TV Frame to display a photo slideshow.   Depending on the configuration of your home theater, you might need to purchase some extra HDMI cables or find a way to connect to your home’s internet connection.  Below are some of the most common ways that your home theater can be converted to a photo slideshow room.

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