Reid Kistler
08-25-2010, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://lifehacker.com/5619746/' target='_blank'>http://lifehacker.com/5619746/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Many of us use computers to power our home theater experience, but the last thing anyone wants is a noisy PC tower uglying up the living room. Here's how [a] reader... converted Ikea's <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19884581" target="_blank">Besta media console</a> into a well-hidden, well-ventilated HTPC."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1282689329.usr19541.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>This is one of those DIY projects that most people will look at and exclaim either a) "What a cool idea!" or b) "Why would anyone want to do that?!?" Having helped to convert an old console television into a stereo cabinet, I found this project intriguing, but ultimately I fall closer to category "b" above, if only because there are a number of nice looking HTPC cases that should make the task much simpler. Still, given a suitable donor computer and a (less expensive!) cabinet, I could easily understand the appeal of being able to show off such a project. Read the full story at Lifehacker.com - which includes a number of pictures of the project in various stages of completion - and then let us know what you think: Is this the type of weekend DIY task that you would be willing to undertake?</p>