OCC Review: Abit AN-M2HD High Definition Motherboard |
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OCC Review: Abit AN-M2HD High Definition Motherboard |
 Aug 8 2007, 03:52 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
Abit AN-M2HD High Definition Motherboard Review
QUOTE I want my HTPC! Many of us have been saying this lately; with the prices of computer components dropping and just becoming frustrated with all the wires that need to be ran from all the separate components when you build a normal home theater, it just might be easier to have everything come from one source. How many of you have tons of movies lying around collecting dust in, on or hidden in shelves, racks or closets? It always seems the day that you want to pull out that copy of Animal House or Van Wilder, you spend more time searching for the disk than the time it would actually take to watch the movie.  -------------------- P4 3.0C/Abit IC7-G/Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PRO LED/Hitachi 2 x 80 GB SATA RAID 0/Hitachi 120GB SATA/Sapphire HD 3850 512MB /Raidmax Scorpio 868/Vantec Aeroflow/XP Pro SP 2
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Aug 8 2007, 08:05 AM
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 Computer Engineering Technologist Posts: 1,737 Joined: 28-October 04 From: Hamilton, ON Member No.: 13,228 |
good review raven ... makes me want to get one to replace my asus pos
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Aug 8 2007, 03:42 PM
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 I'm a thread killer Posts: 5,097 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 14,086 |
Having read all of these reviews about HTPC motherboards makes me want to save up and build one again
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Aug 8 2007, 03:50 PM
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 Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
You can turn off HDMI sound - hooray!
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Aug 8 2007, 03:55 PM
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I'm a thread killer Posts: 5,097 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 14,086 |
QUOTE(Silverfox @ Aug 8 2007, 07:50 PM) [snapback]712837[/snapback] You can turn off HDMI sound - hooray! Not being able to do that was one of my biggest qualms about using the HDMI connector as then I wouldn't be able to use my surround sound system. But now this is no longer an issue! 
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Aug 8 2007, 03:58 PM
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Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
QUOTE(Kash @ Aug 9 2007, 12:55 AM) [snapback]712840[/snapback] Not being able to do that was one of my biggest qualms about using the HDMI connector as then I wouldn't be able to use my surround sound system. But now this is no longer an issue! Now all I need is the same feature on a C2D mATX board. -------------------- :: X-Fi Xtreme Music [hardnrg Hotrodded] :: 40" Samsung A686 :: Yamaha AX-300 :: :: Little Dot MK III Valve Amp :: Sennheiser HD 595 :: Dell Studio 17 :: Tannoy M3 :: :: For Everything, A Reason :: |
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Aug 8 2007, 04:03 PM
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Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
also, is there any chance of testing out what on-board HD decoder was like?
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