2008-09-03, 01:38 AM
Just about finalised the hardware for my parent's gbpvr box (chosen case, cpu, cooler, motherboard, video card, drives etc), but seem to tie myself up in knots when it comes down to the tuner side of things - not going for dvb-s, so was thinking twin dvb-t, and maybe analogue in case they needed to record prime/had average reception.
The HVR3000 doesn't have mpeg analogue recording, so the HVR2200 sounds like a good idea, although it requires a PCI-e slot, and as pci-e slots tend to be right next to each other this may not be optimal for fitting in a passive-cooled video card and the tuner while allowing OK heat flow (board size required by antec fusion case, and main pci-e slot to be used by an upcoming passive 4xxx radeon card).
Another problem with the HVR2200 is that it seems to only be available as an OEM kit, so doesn't come with the hauppauge remote kit I have become so used to - I presume I will have to buy an MCE remote kit instead? (like this).
It's still probably the best option though, unless there is another twin dvb-t/hardware analogue card I've missed?
tieke
The HVR3000 doesn't have mpeg analogue recording, so the HVR2200 sounds like a good idea, although it requires a PCI-e slot, and as pci-e slots tend to be right next to each other this may not be optimal for fitting in a passive-cooled video card and the tuner while allowing OK heat flow (board size required by antec fusion case, and main pci-e slot to be used by an upcoming passive 4xxx radeon card).
Another problem with the HVR2200 is that it seems to only be available as an OEM kit, so doesn't come with the hauppauge remote kit I have become so used to - I presume I will have to buy an MCE remote kit instead? (like this).
It's still probably the best option though, unless there is another twin dvb-t/hardware analogue card I've missed?
tieke
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