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My first PVR / Media build, big question

 
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My first PVR / Media build, big question
Komarue
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2006-01-19, 02:11 AM
I need some help w/ making some decisions
I recently aquired some Dell Optiplex 110's
2 reg and 1 small form factor
PIII 1.0
Ram 128 - 512 (multiple sticks)
HD's (don't matter too small)

I want to create a PVR/Media PC out of the small form factor but I need to decide on what kind of card to purchase as I only have two PCI slots and No AGP

The SFF is
PIII 933
512 PC100
320 HD (will purchase)
Win2k (or XP if neccessary)
Girder 4 (will purchase)
GB-PVR + remote

I don't know if I should split the TV tuner & the graphic cards but that means in the future I will can't add in usb 2.0 or Firewire support through the PCI slot.
Is there a PCI Capture/Graphics card all in one that works with GB-PVR? I am also 90% positive that I will require a dedicated MPEG 2 Chip on the Gcard as well. It is an odd problem, if I can't use the Small Form factor I will sell them all off and just buy a PVR 150 and use my AMD 64 3000+ 250 SATA Sys (its a big computer though Sad my gaming rig). Anyhow, any suggestions? Comments? etc?

Komarue

Would be going with the ATI theatre 550 pro for the SFF, but the ones I saw for sale all did not have a video out / or required another Graphics card Directx 9.0 compliant.
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2006-01-19, 10:38 PM
You could also use the PIIIs as file servers.
[SIZE="1"]AMD Duron 1600 / 640MB / 80GB+200GB
Hauppauge PVR-150MCE & 3 X MediaMVP (D3A)
Girder & USB-UIRT -> Samsung SIR-T150 Digital Receiver
Girder & USB-UIRT -> ChannelMaster 9521 antenna rotator
UbuStream + CommunitySkin
100% OTA *no cable, no satellite*[/SIZE]
nkh
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2006-01-19, 11:19 PM
Or you could get a gfx with out tv tuner, a usb pci board and a usb tv tuner... then you could add more tuners through usb in the future. Though I assume that would be a more expensive solution Smile
Nicolai [SIZE="1"]- http://www.nk-h.dk
Current htpc - Asus N4L-VM DH, Core Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM, Hauppauge PVR-500 mce, Twinhan DVB-C CI, TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C, nVidia 8800 GTS (using S-video tv-out), decoding dvb-c with ACamd 0.5.0.9, Yanksee and a Viaccess card from YouSee.[/SIZE]
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