Re: TV Lift

["E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> no. 4 is closer up, watching TV.
>
> What're you using, card-wise, to handle the TV watching?

Windows Media Center has a specific number of cards that it will work with.
I'm using a half-height Hophauge WinTV card for cable tuning, and a Geforce
FX 5500 for the video card.  Finding the half-heigh cards to fit my microATX
box was the hardest part. Hardware compatibility lists are all over.

> I'd have gone into the cabinet and then right in through the bottom of the
> shelf.  Then run the cabling back to the wall.  that way as little as
> possible is inside the working storage area.

Ahhh, yeah, that'd have been a better path. Might just do that later today.
:)

>> no. 6 and 7 are the lower cabinets, one with the PC and one with most of
> the
>> cabling. 6 is a corner cabinet. Took me a while to find a PC case that
>> fit
>> perfectly. My first microATX machine!  7 shows the cables coming in
> through
>> the adjascent drawer unit.
>
> Since it's only 1024x768 I'd put the PC somewhere else.  The kitchen never
> has enough space, and isn't exactly a PC-friendly location anyway.  I've
> run
> good quality VGA cables upwards of 40 feet.  USB as much as 30' but I'd
> probably situation a hub somewhere along the length if anything more was
> needed (or an 'extender' cable).

Yeah, I'm considering moving it. My house is so tiny, a corner of the
kitchen cabinet is almost the best bet. But I think I'm going to bury a 19"
rack in the back of my office closet next to my wiring center, so I will
probably move two computers and teh outdoor speaker amp into there.