XBOX media center is nice. No TV tuner though. It also has a hard time playing (Choppy video) videos from a network share when those files are recorded at DVD standard play. 150gb drive bare minimum. Will fill up quickly even though you don't think you will.. I have trouble keeping my 250 free. Non Hi-Def card. The Happague PVR-150 or PVR-500 dual tuner. You want a card that does HARDWARE encoding for SURE. Hi Def cards.. Pretty much in its infancy, not much over the air stuff yet (at least in my area) Not on the cheap...
Lots of media Center bundles.. Since you got to buy a TV card anyway, you can get http://www.pcalchemy.com/index.php/cName/mce-bundles?osCsid=d966ec6e60b23d3d94340291e43ad37c Wealth of information here. http://www.htpcnews.com/ Forums are very informative too. Jeff On 3/9/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim, google for MythTV. It is an open source DVR, made to do on the > extreme cheap. > > > > On 3/9/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a 150 GIG USB 2 drive, would that be sufficient you think? > > > > I'm not looking to store shows, just hit up my weekly favorites. > > > > > > -- > > Tim Heald > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 703-300-3911 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:11 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Media Center > > > > > *IF* you want to spend a little extra cash you can get it as part of > > > the MS action pack. The AP costs $300 but you can write off as a biz > > > expense. With it you get all currently supported MS OS's, SQLServer 2k > > > and 2k5, Exchange, Office. > > > > This is where my copy came from. Just be aware of the HCL for TV cards > as a > > surprising number of cards you would think would be supported are not > and > > even a lot of cards with multiple versions are sometimes a bit suspect. > > > > -- > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199386 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
