This is an auspicious year for building an HTPC or indeed any type of sub-$1,000 rig. Intel's new Ivy Bridge processors are about to exert a nice downward pressure on last year's finest, despite the ...

Pundits may argue that the modern day HTPC has no place in the modern day living room, but we disagree. In fact, with the economy still struggling to regain its swagger, folks are staying in and ...

Despite the rising popularity of streaming set-top box hardware over the last few years, the HTPC community continues to thrive among home theater enthusiasts that have large collections of video ...

I am looking to build a new computer to put at the center of my living room. Instead of building another tower PC, I'd like to build a PC using one of those media center cases, shaped like a receiver ...

Memory module manufacturer Corsair continue their series of build reports with a look at constructing a modern (and expensive) HTPC, equipped for TV viewing and recording. In the report-cum-guide, ...

My HTPC (Core 2 Duo that was repurposed to DVR duty in 2008) is getting a bit old and cranky, so I've decided to replace it. Frankly, I've been wanting to replace it for some time now, but have been ...

Build your own HTPC with a Mini PC and Linux for total content control of your media library and a commercial-free viewing experience. A Raspberry Pi is enough to get started on a budget, but for ...

Given the state of hardware and games today, you don’t need a ridiculously expensive PC to have fun. A mid-range system is more than sufficient for most games and full-HD movies look great on such a ...

The concept of HTPCs (Home Theater Personal Computers) hasn’t really caught up in India yet, so when we decided to hook one up for ourselves we had a tough time finding the parts we needed at our ...

Combine the big screen of your TV and the processing power of your computer and get a Home Theatre Personal Computer TVs and computers are the two most ubiquitous devices in our households, and each ...

We’ve not tested too many HTPCs recently and while the PC-C32 can accommodate our set of full size case testing hardware we don’t feel that that’s representative of an HTPC build – you’re not going to ...