Plugging in a 500gb HD into your TV ;) - GoFuckYourself.com

01-31-2007, 02:00 PM

Just hooked it up

Fuckin awesome too!

No more watching anything on the computer screen, and no need to burn anything on CDs DVDs either!

Pimpin_J · 01-31-2007, 02:04 PM

Damn nice setup! German TV is just not worth to be captured..
Congrats on that one

OzMan · 01-31-2007, 02:05 PM

I never thought of that....what kind of connections?

madawgz · 01-31-2007, 02:08 PM

are you serious? i didnt know you could do that

come set it up for me too ;)

Anthony · 01-31-2007, 02:10 PM

I hooked up a 250GB myself. It's nice.

01-31-2007, 02:10 PM

I bought a DVD player with USB connection.

HDMI the dvd player to the TV, plug in the 500gb HD to the DVD, and you can also play any dvd you want as well.

And the TV is of course connected to the surround sound, which makes it kick arse ;)

96ukssob · 01-31-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdjuf

I bought a DVD player with USB connection.

HDMI the dvd player to the TV, plug in the 500gb HD to the DVD, and you can also play any dvd you want as well.

And the TV is of course connected to the surround sound, which makes it kick arse ;)

just tried to do that recently and didnt work for me, must of been the dvd player. but its a cool idea tho

stickyfingerz · 01-31-2007, 02:21 PM

Im thinking of getting one of the full media center deals right now.

01-31-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bossku69

just tried to do that recently and didnt work for me, must of been the dvd player. but its a cool idea tho

yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32

RevSand · 01-31-2007, 02:25 PM

What software do you run to make it record and playback?

01-31-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RevSand

What software do you run to make it record and playback?

the DVD player yo

GTS Mark · 01-31-2007, 02:28 PM

Wow that's pretty cool stuff!

DH

rewn · 01-31-2007, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Im thinking of getting one of the full media center deals right now.

http://www.z500series.com/ is the best thing since running water

Fap · 01-31-2007, 05:40 PM

Wow so how many series have you recorded?

01-31-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by banthis

Wow so how many series have you recorded?

only the ones I'm interested in actually

Deal or No Deal
Prison Break
Lost
Boston Legal

notabook · 01-31-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bdjuf

yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32

A 500GB Fat32 partition? Guh.

01-31-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by notabook

A 500GB Fat32 partition? Guh.

I was told that I had to make X amount of partitions of 32gb each, I thought I was doomed.

but then I found this program that simply puts it all into fat32.

and it works like a charm

abshard · 01-31-2007, 05:58 PM

I have a computer hooked up to my tv and stream stuff to that computer over my network.

gecko · 01-31-2007, 06:20 PM

damn I need to set one of those up

stickyfingerz · 01-31-2007, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rewn

http://www.z500series.com/ is the best thing since running water

Not bad 299.00 USD

luv$ · 01-31-2007, 06:25 PM

Just got a nice big 42" Plasma over the weekend, been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to ftp into my 360 to do the same thing.

This solution sounds so much better, and I have a 250gb just sitting around anyway.

I think I'm going to get one of those new HD DVD players and give this a try.

Thanks for the idea.

01-31-2007, 06:40 PM

I use my Xbox360 to do that. I bought a second one just to use for accessing my MP3 collection on my main media server from downstairs. Plus it plays Gears of War too.

01-31-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luv$

Just got a nice big 42" Plasma over the weekend, been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to ftp into my 360 to do the same thing.

This might help you out. There are different ways to do it depending if you are using Media Center Edition or if you don't have window media player 11 installed, but here is one way that works.

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=498778

lambpie · 01-31-2007, 06:47 PM

me likes this idea!

notabook · 01-31-2007, 07:05 PM

The issue isn't making that huge of a partition FAT32, it is quit easily done. In fact you should be able to make a FAT32 partition of 2TB. The issue is the efficiency you are sacrificing due to creating such a large partition; the cluster size in FAT32 is 32KB for anything above 32GB. NTFS is far more efficient in this aspect, with only a 4KB cluster size. Though honestly you shouldn't have much of an issue because most of your files on the HD are going to be rather large (I'm assuming... movies and tv episodes :D) so you are not going to see much of a problem. You will see space ‘wasted’ in a FAT32 setup that large but you’ll only run into issues if you use it store pictures on it or other files that are fairly small.

I want to get a system like that lol. I've been having nothing but trouble recently out of my media center computer. It hates my 52" RP HDTV, I can't get the resolution set correct using either hi-def connections yet it looks "perfect" using the S-video connection. May just wanna get something like you have, sounds like it will be much less of a head ache in the end.

Quotealex · 01-31-2007, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdjuf

yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32

I already have 4x250GB external drives full with movies on them. Reformating my drives and lose all those content is not a good alternative for me.

01-31-2007, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notabook

The issue isn't making that huge of a partition FAT32, it is quit easily done. In fact you should be able to make a FAT32 partition of 2TB. The issue is the efficiency you are sacrificing due to creating such a large partition; the cluster size in FAT32 is 32KB for anything above 32GB. NTFS is far more efficient in this aspect, with only a 4KB cluster size. Though honestly you shouldn't have much of an issue because most of your files on the HD are going to be rather large (I'm assuming... movies and tv episodes :D) so you are not going to see much of a problem. You will see space ?wasted? in a FAT32 setup that large but you?ll only run into issues if you use it store pictures on it or other files that are fairly small.

I want to get a system like that lol. I've been having nothing but trouble recently out of my media center computer. It hates my 52" RP HDTV, I can't get the resolution set correct using either hi-def connections yet it looks "perfect" using the S-video connection. May just wanna get something like you have, sounds like it will be much less of a head ache in the end.

I hear ya yo, it works wonders honestly

you can't put a price on convenience, but if you really want to, the DVD player cost me some 75$ and the 500gb HD some 170$. The HDMI cables were 50$.

so for 300$ you get an excellent 500gb media database right on your TV

Catalyst · 01-31-2007, 08:22 PM

yea.. nice.. I think I have like 120gb.. I need to upgrade.. but I never watch tv.

notabook · 01-31-2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdjuf

I hear ya yo, it works wonders honestly

you can't put a price on convenience, but if you really want to, the DVD player cost me some 75$ and the 500gb HD some 170$. The HDMI cables were 50$.

so for 300$ you get an excellent 500gb media database right on your TV

Yep yep. Going to look into buying it, it'll do a way better job than the media center pc can. Just a note.. $50 for the HDMI cable? Some gypsy cheated you

psili · 01-31-2007, 10:22 PM

This thread is worthless without pics.

Przemek · 02-01-2007, 02:42 AM

Great idea, congrats!

uno · 02-01-2007, 03:21 AM

Hmm I think both my TV and HD cable box have USB inputs.

emthree · 02-01-2007, 03:22 AM

I've been meaning to look into that. Does anyone have the Philips DVP5960? HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct - Same FAT32 issue though.

Brujah · 02-01-2007, 03:27 AM

I love my TiVo.

emthree · 02-01-2007, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evildick

This might help you out. There are different ways to do it depending if you are using Media Center Edition or if you don't have window media player 11 installed, but here is one way that works.

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=498778

Does WMP11 only work on Vista?
I'll have to do a search for the mediacenter method.

Mr. Romance · 02-01-2007, 03:30 AM

Pimp move

Mr. Romance

emthree · 02-01-2007, 03:56 AM

Just networked my XBOX with the PC - sadly it only plays WMV files it seems.
Useless.

FiReC · 02-01-2007, 09:25 AM

you can stream just about any media format to an xbox 360 using

http://www.tversity.com/home

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