Newbee......

[neil_ross]

Cheers for the speedy replys and warm welcome everyone!

sorry it is virgin media, not NTL.

I want to use it on just one TV in the lounge, i only have virgin media so my only signal is digital, it would be great to record one channel while i watch the other too! i have donloaded gbpvr so i will have a play with it. Im going to build the pc from scratch so advice on the most compatible parts will be great too!

some of the channels on virgin media i think are HD but i dont have a HD tv so i dont mind if i dont record in HD.

im gonna surf the site and gen up on everything now.

how much should i be looking at spending to build one?

thank you all for your help so far!

Neil

[herbs]

You will be able to watch what you are recording only, unless you get a another set top box (or the virgin+ box) and tv card. The standard virgin box doesn't allow for HD viewing afaik.

[neil_ross]

what do you all know about the dreambox? is this the same sort of thing?