Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Finished the boys' bedroom / HTPC
Whew, what a weekend. I spent much of it trying to get the boys' bedroom in shape while they were out of town (which was no small feat). To make the task more difficult, I decided to build them a Home Theater PC (HTPC) and run data and coax cable lines to their room, too.
Well, I finally got it all finished last night. The PC I built will allow them to watch TiVo, watch DVDs, play computer games, browse a specified set of internet sites, listen to music, play with their digital turntable and check the weather (Mahlon loves to check the weather).
In order to make the aforementioned tasks as easy as possible, I built them a custom front-end in myHTPC. I also created a custom IE home page that features links to all of their favorite sites.
Below are some photos of the clean room and the HTPC:
Room angle 1
Room angle 2
Room angle 3 (before HTPC install)
HTPC
Whew, what a weekend. I spent much of it trying to get the boys' bedroom in shape while they were out of town (which was no small feat). To make the task more difficult, I decided to build them a Home Theater PC (HTPC) and run data and coax cable lines to their room, too.
Well, I finally got it all finished last night. The PC I built will allow them to watch TiVo, watch DVDs, play computer games, browse a specified set of internet sites, listen to music, play with their digital turntable and check the weather (Mahlon loves to check the weather).
In order to make the aforementioned tasks as easy as possible, I built them a custom front-end in myHTPC. I also created a custom IE home page that features links to all of their favorite sites.
Below are some photos of the clean room and the HTPC:
Room angle 1
Room angle 2
Room angle 3 (before HTPC install)
HTPC
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