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jaymo
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:06 pm 
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I just picked up a box for $150 canadian that would be great spec wise for a mythtv box. I'm looking for a non HDTV PVR box.

It is a Emachine 2865
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ ( Barton)
Asus AV3I (?) Motherboard ( Nforce 2 Chipset)
512 PC 2700
160 GB IDE Hard Drive
8X DVDRW

It has a new 350 watt (non Emachine) PSU in it.

I have 2 questions

#1 Can I run the integrated Nvidia Graphics until I can pick up a new card with S Video out?

#2 What would be a good Tuner? I'm looking at the WinTV-PVR 150, as I do not have, or plan on getting in the next while HDTV. WIll this card suffice for what I'm looking to do? ( I can pick it up for $100 Canadian).


Thnx,

Jay
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1. Yes.
2. Yes.

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Thanks for the quick reply, looks like I have something to do after work now.

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cesman, you're no as bad as you bark.....not that I don't understand the bark ;)

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Hi,
For the extra few dollars (any language) I would suggest the pvr-350 so you can have tv out and hardware encode / decode. Seen them on the net for ~$164 (assuming us $)
Mike
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khrusher wrote:
cesman, you're no as bad as you bark.....not that I don't understand the bark ;)

I think the word is "laconic". ;-)
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