Since this particular HTPC is designed to connect to your clients' already-existing home theater system, there&'s no need to spec out speakers, video displays, receivers/amplifiers, or input devices ...

It’s true: The best way to control your home theater is still with a PC. Forget all the hype about Google Chromecast and other assorted set-top boxes, dongles, and other gadgets. None of them can ...

So one of my goals this summer is to lock myself in the media room with my home theater (built entirely on Ars recs from the A/V Club ) and play some PC games on my 60" Pioneer Kuro Elite 2. But I don ...

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Imagine coming home from work, turning on your living-room TV, and sitting down to play a PC game, view the latest news, or pick from weeks of archived media, all from a single box, no broadband ...

White is fine and dandy for consumer electronics until they get into the ol’ A/V rack, then you want black or silver (or if I had my druthers, wood grain veneer as far as the eye can see). SilverStone ...

Building a home-theater PC (HTPC) to emulate the boffo of the big-screen experience doesn't have to be a daunting task. In fact, from unpacking to installing the drivers, all you need is two hours.

Hi everyone, longtime member since 2000 here, back when PC speeds grew by bounds each year and ARS used to do PC build guides. I'm hoping for input from others whom have undertaken a HTPC build, it's ...