The VHS PC

[ghosthunter]

Here's something I built during the christmas season.

http://www.gadgets.ph/tech/showthread.php?t=3673

[city]

very neat.

kewl!


how do you switch from regular TV channel viewing to PC use?

[Steeljack]

cool, ghost

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[ghosthunter]

very neat.

kewl!


how do you switch from regular TV channel viewing to PC use?

I simply used the Video/TV switch in the TV. I initially planned to include a tv tuner card so I could record tv shows into the HDD but since I still have a working VHS recorder, I shelved that idea for the meantime.

[ghosthunter]

cool, ghost

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anong site yun?

[city]

I simply used the Video/TV switch in the TV. I initially planned to include a tv tuner card so I could record tv shows into the HDD but since I still have a working VHS recorder, I shelved that idea for the meantime.

ay oo nga pala...pero diba kailangan web TV yung TV mo para mo magamit as a PC screen?

[umzzzzz]

ang kulit. eheheeh

[ghosthunter]

ay oo nga pala...pero diba kailangan web TV yung TV mo para mo magamit as a PC screen?

as long as your video card has a video out port, you can use that. Thats why I used the GF4 MX440 with video out SVGA card. In the display config, you will choose between the monitor or TV as your default/primary display.

[Steeljack]

anong site yun?

http://www.computerpoweruser.com/

they feature kickass PC mods

[city]

as long as your video card has a video out port, you can use that. Thats why I used the GF4 MX440 with video out SVGA card. In the display config, you will choose between the monitor or TV as your default/primary display.

Ah ok. Thanks bro.

[ghosthunter]

http://www.computerpoweruser.com/

they feature kickass PC mods

posted... I wonder what they would think of it?.. Noobish maybe?

[chain]

galing-galing! that VHS-PC mod rules!

[ghosthunter]

does anyone know where I can buy a very small sized power supply?... 150 to 180 watts would be good enough.

[FrankDrebin]

You can try the power supply of a barebone unit.

[ghosthunter]

Update:

The Pentium III motherboard died a natural death. This gave me an opportunity to upgrade to something faster since the P3/800mhz CPU was having problems decoding in-sync video & audio from certain high quality DIVX & MP4 files. I found a good deal for an AMD Sempron 2600+ CPU and Red Fox motherboard. Since the board only uses DDR ram, I also got 256megs of 333mhz DDR.

A couple of weeks later, my old Seagate 3.5inch 20gig HDD also started to fail. This could be the increased heat from the new position I placed it inside the VHS case. I replaced with a 2.5inch Seagate 80gig HDD which gave me lots of extra space. With the extra space, I installed a WinFast TV tuner card.

After re-installing Windows XP (remember, the 20gig HDD failed) and all the other software along with it, the VHS-PC version 2.0 runs well.

I'll post pictures of it soon.

All I need now is a classic LED style clock installed in the front face of the VHS case.

Current config:
AMD Sempron 2600+
Red Fox motherboard w/ built-in sound & LAN
256meg 333mhz DDR ram
NVidia GForce4 MX440SE (with video out)
Seagate 2.5inch 80gig HDD
CDRW/DVDROM notebook drive with external USB case
Linksys WiFi network card
WinFast TV Tuner card
R/F wireless keyboard w/ joystick mouse

[chain]

wala bang new pics ng hardware bro?

[ghosthunter]

wala bang new pics ng hardware bro?

I did mention I would post pics of the upgraded unit when I can...

[chain]

hehe oops.. anyway, hope to see the pics of the upgrade on that rig of yours soon.

[Alpha_One]

Waaaa... astiiiiiig!

[ghosthunter]

The VHS PC version 2.0: