Comments on: Living Room PC

by: EveryDigg » Blog Archive » DIY Living Room PC

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:21:23 +0000

[…] I needed a case for my computer with would blend into the living room, where it would be playing MP3’s. About this time, a broken CD player came along, and an unholy marriage resulted - The PC in a CD player was born!read more | digg story […]

by: Mr. Poster

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:49:44 +0000

Thats so funny. I put the guts of a pc into an old VCR I had. It turned out real cool and no one will ever know it’s a PC. it still flashes 12:01 am. I’m just waiting for some one to try and put a tape into it.

by: Pat

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:02:18 +0000

You guys have toasted my bandwidth as it is, do you really think my next writeup would be “how to get a girlfreind”? I can just imagine the slashdotting I would get from THAT one!

Sheesh.

by: cloaked_chaos

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:18:29 +0000

Hmm. I created a project almost exactly like this one, but I did it a year or two ago. I had the choice of using a case from a late 70’s cd player, or a more modern looking dvd player. I chose the dvd player because it was smaller, was a nice silver color and yet everything still fit inside. I even soldered the buttons on the front for power and reset, and used the existing Led’s for the power/hdd lights. The power button was a little tricky since it was a push-lock style button. I just disassembled it and removed the piece with kept it locked down every other push, so now it functions as a normal atx power switch. I used a very tiny motherboard which fit perfectly from front to back, and almost all the way side to side. The power supply I chose was an old 250(?) watt which is about 1/3 the size of a regular power supply (don’t ask me where I got it, because I don’t know), which I took out of it’s casing and mounted on the top lid to the dvd player along with the hard drive. Heat is not a very big problem for me because I chose a 500mhz processor I had already been using with that motherboard. All I need to do is cut out a hole above the fan in the shape of a custom fan grille. I will also mount another 1-2 fans somewhere in the case to cool the power supply which lost it’s original fan when it was removed from its casing. I haven’t finished the back cover, but all I need to do is cut out the ports for the random connections I will be using. I have not used any standoffs in mounting everything, and instead just chose to put in a 1/16″ thick layer of random plastic material I had laying around. Even though this is not done, it is still functional. I have pictures if you want to check it out. I will finish the project if I see enough interest in it.

by: twowordz

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:37:35 +0000

I think about building a HTPC for quite some time now.

After trying to figure out parts needed for the project, finding a suitable case, and a way to kill most of the noise, I decided I would be less expensive and easier to get an xbox and host everything on my main computer, in my office.

I like how it works so much, I bought a second xbox for my room.