What wallpaper do you guys use for your HTPC?

[spotdog14]

Im looking for a cool background for my MCE HTPC. Currently i just have the default MCE theme with that hill in the background, im just wondering whatyou guys have.

 

[wiretap]

Currently using the first one..

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[qfour20]

http://i6.tinypic.com/1zp5g0l.png

This is the desktop "wallpaper" on a blue background (image is transparent).

This is what my frontend looks like:

http://i2.tinypic.com/1zp5sue.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/1zp5rnn.jpg

I like it.

 

[IDversusEGO]

i pulled a sage background for my sage boxes.

 

[spotdog14]

cool, thanks guys! i have it right now with that giant green button. It works good with my MCE machine. I used Microsofts power toys to do away with the recycling bin on the desktop, so now i have done away all icons, it looks pretty good.

 

[valve1138]

nothing, just a black background

 

[Cax6ton]

Same image for desktop and frontend. I change it and theme colors to match about every 6 months. I keep a collection of interesting pictures that might work as a background, then tweak the theme to match.

 

[Keetha]

Cax6ton, where did you get that image?

 

[Cax6ton]

Google image search for "earth at night" or "earth night lights" or something, it may have even been a NASA search. The image has been attributed to nasa, but when it came out it was linked in a lot of places. I routinely check a lot of nasa's image archives in addition to everything else (digital blasphemy is another good spot) for potential wallpaper/background images. Then it's just a matter of cropping or resizing images to my desktop size. Play with google's image search by typing random words/phrases and you can spend all afternoon finding backgrounds that make the htpc look a lot less like a computer.

 

[zero_vertical]

i just use a black screen with a full moon photo on it. subtle but cool. i like a clean look.

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