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    February 9th, 2006 08:38 AM #1
    Here's something I built during the christmas season.

    http://www.gadgets.ph/tech/showthread.php?t=3673
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    February 9th, 2006 10:03 AM #2
    very neat.

    kewl!


    how do you switch from regular TV channel viewing to PC use?
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    February 9th, 2006 10:11 AM #3
    cool, ghost

    submit mo sa Computer Power User
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    February 9th, 2006 12:21 PM #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Steeljack
    cool, ghost

    submit mo sa Computer Power User

    anong site yun?
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    February 9th, 2006 12:58 PM #5
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter
    anong site yun?
    http://www.computerpoweruser.com/

    they feature kickass PC mods
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    February 9th, 2006 05:00 PM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Steeljack
    http://www.computerpoweruser.com/

    they feature kickass PC mods
    posted... I wonder what they would think of it?.. Noobish maybe?
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    February 9th, 2006 12:19 PM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by city
    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.
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    February 9th, 2006 12:34 PM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter
    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?
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    February 9th, 2006 12:38 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by city
    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.
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    February 9th, 2006 01:15 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter
    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.
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    February 9th, 2006 12:38 PM #11
    ang kulit. eheheeh
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    February 9th, 2006 05:58 PM #12
    galing-galing! that VHS-PC mod rules!
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    February 10th, 2006 02:23 PM #13
    does anyone know where I can buy a very small sized power supply?... 150 to 180 watts would be good enough.
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    October 31st, 2006 08:01 AM #14
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    does anyone know where I can buy a very small sized power supply?... 150 to 180 watts would be good enough.
    Try nyo po sa HMR sa Pioneer St. Marami po silang surplus power supply ng mga branded PC. May nakita ko na maliliit ang casing nung power supply. I'm sure na meron kayong makikita na PSU na maliit pero na-meet pa rin ang power requiremrent ninyo.
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    October 31st, 2006 01:43 PM #15
    Quote Originally Posted by tabong View Post
    Try nyo po sa HMR sa Pioneer St. Marami po silang surplus power supply ng mga branded PC. May nakita ko na maliliit ang casing nung power supply. I'm sure na meron kayong makikita na PSU na maliit pero na-meet pa rin ang power requiremrent ninyo.
    I've tried looking throught HMR a few times already. They don't have what I need. What I need is a PICO-PS...

    example:
    http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=10#picoPSU
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    February 10th, 2006 02:47 PM #16
    You can try the power supply of a barebone unit.
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    October 28th, 2006 11:52 AM #17
    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
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    October 28th, 2006 12:48 PM #18
    wala bang new pics ng hardware bro?
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    October 28th, 2006 01:49 PM #19
    Quote Originally Posted by dehadista View Post
    wala bang new pics ng hardware bro?
    I did mention I would post pics of the upgraded unit when I can...
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    October 28th, 2006 02:15 PM #20
    hehe oops.. anyway, hope to see the pics of the upgrade on that rig of yours soon.
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