Greetings, I dont post much but I have gleaned so much knowledge, advice about NJB3 from the threads here, I cant thank you all enough.
Obviously gushing a little bit, but I finally completed the integration of my stereo system and my PC. You might tell me that you have done it for years, but I am here to tell you that the new MS XP Media Center edition is awesome! My new PC came with capture card, but most importantly a great soundcard and video outputs. Media Center edition has fonts and graphics large enough to see on a normal TV set. This was the ringer for me, the remote control for my pc controls everything, access to all the digital music, photos etc on my pc. Had an eargasm listening to a 16bit 48k recording of Railroad Earth that I taped… woa Nellie, having way too much fun… just gotta remember to point that remote at the PC instead of the TV
My digi tunes System:
Northgate Media Center PC with XP Media Center edition, RF remote control
http://www.northgate.com/content/products/notebook_desktops/bto/index.cfm?template_id=1&config_id=157Creative Audigy soundcard
Optical digital audio output to stereo
ATI video card
SVHS video output to stereo
Yamaha Dolby Digital Receiver,
Infinity Kappa 7.1 main speakers
Infinity Kappa center channel
Infinity rs6 for surround channels