Well as you may have read im getting a new room next month. I want to make a nice entertainment system and that would include getting a new PVR. Here are the specs as Ive figured out so far. Mercury PVCLE266M-Lv3.0 & VIA C3 Samual 2 $54.99 after rebate Kingston 512MB CL2.5 PC2100 DDR 266MHz Memory $44.99 Seagate / 40GB / 7200 / 2MB / ATA-100 / EIDIE / OEM / Hard Drive $49.99 ASUS 16X DVD Drive E616A $22.99 I need to choose a tuner, What do you recommend? Something VERY easy to setup (I will use windows xp pro sp2) Also whaty do you recommend for a free media center program? I also need a video card, problem is the TV only supports, RCA Composite (Red, yellow, white) and umm that NPR, CPR, P or wtvr the other RCA looking connectors and S-Video. What would offer the best video? I need it too look good on a 32Inch TV, all my other stuff will be running through it (IE. DVD, VCR's etc.).
I have a Sabrent SBT Tuner, and a ATI AIW I can use for tv out (Its only 4mb though). Then I wouldnt have to use a Media program. This would have to run thought a right angle PCI adapter (One that goes in one socket but has two ports on it.
With a C3 processor if you want to do recordings you will need hardware encoder tv card something like the pvr 150.
Its a DFI motherboard model. Ive settled on using a Motherboard I have lying around with the intel 815e chipset, and a 800MHz Pentium 3 360. Here are the specs atm. Sabrent SBT TVFM ATI All In Wonder 4MB (for the time being) 40GB Harddrive space DVD-Rom Drive 512MB Ram
Even a p3 800mhz isn't going to cut it at full resolution recording in mpeg2 or mpeg4. Which means you need a hardware encoder card ala pvr 150.
