Building a basic Centre/AV set-up - help required

Brduk

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Hi all,

Im building a media centre/AV set-up for a disabled relative on a budget. He wants to be able to play content stored on his PC onto a portable T.V. (may be upgraded) with limited connectivity. Ideally, I would like him to be able to access his PC content via a wireless keyboard, and for the connection between the PC and the Humax box to be wireless.

As things stand, he has the following;

A reasonable spec PC (more detail below)
A wireless network
a portable TV with 1 scart in
Humax FoxSat box with HDMI/USB/Component/Ethernet connections.

Details on PC;

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Computer Type: Advanced Micro Devices 2600 MHz.
BIOS: AT/AT COMPATIBLE Date: 03/11/08
Memory: Total physical: 2047 MB. Used: 60%
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Mouse: HID-compliant mouse
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Drives: 48 GB total free 75 GB total size in 1 drive

Windows name and version: Multiprocessor Free (5.1.2600)
Registered to: PC,
IE version: 8.0.6001.18702
DirectX Version: Unknow or Newer then DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

*** Windows Information ***

Windows Name and Version: Multiprocessor Free (5.1.2600)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Default Email: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
Product ID: 55274-OEM-0053526-74940
Software Count: 197 installed software.

Language (ID): Original/English: English (United Kingdom) / Engli...
Country (ID): United Kingdom GBR (44)
TimeZone: GMT Standard Time
DVD-Zone: Not specified

*** Display Information ***

Display: Plug and Play Monitor
Max Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - 32 bit
Current Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - 32 bit
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Driver Version: 64.0
Technology: Raster Display
Color Bits: 32
Fonts Resolution: 96 dpi
Pixel width/height/diagonal: 36/36/51

*** System Devices ***

Manufactured: Advanced Micro Devices
Name:
CodeName:
Frequency: 2600 MHz
L1 cache: 128 KB
L2 cache: 0 KB
Socket: CPU 1

BIOS Manufactured: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Date: 03/11/2008
BIOS Version: V2.6
BIOS Size: 1024 KB

*** MultiMedia Devices ***

Wave In: Realtek HD Audio Input v5.5
Wave Out: Realtek HD Audio output v5.5
Midi Out: Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth v5.5
Mixer: Realtek HD Audio output v5.5
Mixer: Realtek HD Audio Input v5.5

*** Printers ***

Name: Microsoft XPS Document Writer Port: XPSPort:
Name: EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series Port: USB001

*** Ports ***

Name: Communications Port (COM1) Class: Ports (COM & LPT)
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000 Class: USB Port
USB: {745A17A0-74D3-11D0-B6FE-00A0C90F57DA}\0003 Class: USB Port
USB: {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0002 Class: USB Port

*** Hard Drives ***

Drive: C
Total space: 75 GB (100%)
Free space: 48 GB (64%)
Used space: 26 GB (35%)
Device type: Fixed
Volume Name: DON
Serial Number: 88E0-0EA0
File System: NTFS
Compressed partition: No
File compression: Yes
Unicode file names: Yes
Long file names: Yes
Encryption supported: Yes
HardDrive Model: WDC WD800JD-60LSA5
Bytes per sector: 512
Sectors per track: 63
Tracks per cylinder: 255
Total cyclinders: 9729
Number of clusters: 19535032
Used clusters: 6863117
Free clusters: 12671915
Bytes per cluster: 4096
Sectors per cluster: 8
Used sectors: 54904936
Free sectors: 101375320

*** Memory Information ***

Total Physical Memory: 2047 MB
Total Windows Memory: 5988 MB
Free Memory: 3555 MB
Used Memory: 2433 MB
AllocGranularity: 65536 bytes
MinAppAddress: 00010000
MaxAppAddress: 7FFEFFFF
Page Size: 4096 bytes
Total threads: 774
Total processes: 45
PageFile Total Size: 4034836 KB (100%)
PageFile Used: 1233188 KB (31%)
PageFile Free: 2801648 KB (69%)

*** Communication ***

Adapter: NETGEAR WG311 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Address: 00:09:5B:84:3D:57
IP format: 192.168.0.3

Computer: pc-3b0bpao79l3e
Gateaway: 192.168.0.1
Mask: 255.255.255.0

Winsock Description: WinSock 2.0
Winsock Version: 2.2

*** Processes ***

Process Name (Path) * Threads Count * Usage


*** DirectX Information ***

Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL
Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D Mono(Ramp) Software Emulation
Direct3D: Microsoft Direct3D RGB Software Emulation

DirectPlay: WinSock TCP Connection For DirectPlay
DirectPlay: WinSock IPX Connection For DirectPlay
DirectPlay: Modem Connection For DirectPlay

DirectMusic: Microsoft Software Synthesizer

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I imagine that I will need to hook up the PC to the Humax box, with the Humax box connected to the portable T.V. via Scart. So, what do I need to have the PC and the Humax box connected? Ideally i'd like this to be a wireless connection, so are there HDMI/USB wireless receivers suitable for this purpose?

Any help appreciated.
 

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