Anyone using their PC to watch videos on TV?

The ones sold in India seem to lack the blaster. The one I got from US had blasters in it. See if this is of any use to you

Alright. I`ve bought the system. Well, almost. Thanx alot everyone for your help. You guys really rock. I`ve bought these from SMC Intl in Nehru Place

-ASUS M2NPV-VM Mobo with Athlon 64 3000+ for Rs 7600 (MSI K8NGM2 might have saved me bout 700bucks but decided against it coz of socket 939)

-512 MB Kingston 667mhz RAM(3 year warranty) for Rs 1975

-Zebronics Geforce4 Slim Case for Rs 1650 (First choice was Las Vegas but it wasnt avavilable)

-160 GB Seagate SATA HDD Rs 2500 (thanx Lucky Chauhan)

-Netgear USB Wifi adapter Rs 1250

Total - Rs 16225 (inclusive of Taxes)

But I m having a lot of problem in installing XP on this machine. The system does not accept XP installation discs . Can anyone help

I`ll have to take it to the local PC engineer to get XP installed on this machine.


Wait.



I think I know why this system is not accepting XP installation disc. I m not really sure if I m correct or not. But I think it`ll always be difficult to use any CD on a PC which has no Optical Drive.

OK. Bad Joke.

Whatever. I`ll be taking this system to the computer engineer so that he can install XP using his DVD drive.

Now my HTPC is bout 40% ready. But what is still missing is the TV tuner card. Couldnt find Hauppauge Win Tv anywhere in Nehru Place. My local HCL vendor is asking Rs 5000 for it but some posters here say that it`s available for Rs 3500 in Noida. I called the noida office but no body knew bout MCE upgrade kit or Hauppauge et al. Evreybody gave me a different number to make an enquiry and after 6-7 calls I realized that this time the lady gave me the number which I`d already called and was diverted. Funny huh.

Can someone please confirm how much this tuner costs in Delhi(or Noida). My HTPC will be incomplete without this.

Good purchase, how much did the M2NPV-VM cost?

OK. I have XP up and running now. But for some reason I am not getting any video on my TV. I tried the S video and Composite cables but didnt get anything on my TV. What`s wrong here?