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 ...

I'm thinking of using an existing laptop I have as a HTPC, instead of buying/building a HTPC. The laptop has a HDMI port and will output video and sound through it. It will be connected to a receiver, ...

You can't build one yourself that requires a cablecard tuner, but it's easy to build one that uses an OTA HD tuner to get HD broadcast TV or to use HDHomerun to build one that can tune to the ...