Tips For Successful Live TV Viewing?

[lajams]

Hey guys,
I'm helping my little bro set up his GBPVR for watching, recording and serving TV. Now, I only use my setup to do recording, and watch those through MVPs. SO...my experience in doing Live TV is very limited in this respect.
He's using a PVR150 for the PVR stuff, and using an NVidia GEForce2 for video out to the TV. Are there any tips anyone can provide beyond this? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Guess I could let you know the system specs.

Athlon XP 2400+
512Mb RAM
1x40gig disk
1x250gig disk
Hauppage PVR150 with remote
NVidia GEForce2 (for TV Out)

[elite]

Specs look good - Set it up and see what happens - I have never had major problems with live tv - just needed to find the right decoders for my setup..

[daphatty]

Yea, proper decoder configuration are the key. Get the audio and video in sync before you focus on PQ.

[lajams]

Thanks much, we'll play with the decoders this evening. I recieved a response in the interim and he got gbpvr installed for recording (per some steps I emailed him), but LIveTV is black. I'll work with him on the decoders...its a clean install so no MPEG decoders installed or anything.