I also started a little project where I was going to hook up my old desktop computer to the TV so I could maybe watch some Hulu or whatever… Probably web surfing from the couch, too…
I decided to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows because it wasn’t booting up all the way. And don’t get me started on Linux. I love linux. Have tried all sorts of distros on every one of my computers, and my big hang up with this one is that since it is going to be hooked up to the TV I might want to use it for Netflix, and that only works on Windows and Mac. Plus I don’t want to mess with a virtual machine…
So I start the install process, and it freezes up right at the “Starting windows” screen. I tried 2 copies of windows, 2 CD Drives, and 3 hard drives… Checked all the Master/Slave stuff, made sure nothing was plugged in other than the bare essentials… I found this on the Microsoft site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310760 but still no help. I read something about overriding the ACPI by pressing F7, but didn’t get anywhere with that. Just a blue screen of death… Maybe I will look into that more tomorrow.
I proceeded to download both Linux Mint and Ubuntu (regular and alt) and all 3 were having issues (possibly wireless keyboard issues). I ended up installing it on a REALLY old computer that I had laying around. works great, loaded all the drivers and software I would be using. Only problem is that it’s too slow to play the video. Barely works with youtube. At least the browser part works now, though. Sadly I can do almost anything media related with the Wii or the Blu-ray player, but I have always wanted the computer hooled up to the TV, and with my netbook slowly dieing I need a good backup…
UPDATE: I got ubuntu to install tonight and the tv shows it in 1080p. It looks amazing. I’ll have to mess with it more in the morning…