In case you are curious here is my home setup:

Living room:

• Samsung 46″ DLP TV (HLP4663W)
• Halo brand XBox connected to the TV with component
• Denon ADV-1000 5.1 receiver connected to Media Center with optical connection
• Gateway 901X Media Center 2005
  • Connected to the TV with DVI
  • Connected to my network with a 100mbps link
  • P4 3.0
  • 512MB ram
  • 200 gig HD
  • ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
  • DVD burner
  • ATI DTV Wonder ATSC tuner connected to a lame antenna
  • NVIDIA NTSC tuner connected to a Motorola digital cable set top box
  • Creative Audigy card
  • Gyration keyboard and mouse (I hate the mouse)

Bedroom:

• 13″ Gateway LCD TV
• Media Center Extender
  • Connected via 802.11a
• Computer speakers

Network:

• Netgear FWAG114 802.11a/b/g wireless router

Update: Photo of my setup

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I’m building an NTSC Media Center for my family. My requirements are that it’s in a HTPC case, has wifi, and is low cost. Here’s what I’m thinking:

• Shuttle XPC Barebone System for Socket 478 at 533/800MHz FSB Intel CPU, Model SB65G2 $190
• Intel Celeron D 330 2.66 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 256K L2 Cache Processor $88
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  Seagate 200GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive $116

• NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black $65
• 512MB DDR PC2700 from Crucial $83
• Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE (dual NTSC tuner)
• ATI or NVIDIA graphics card w/s-video out

Is a Celeron going to be enough? Any way to do this cheaper?

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