Thanks for this group's input! + My final configuration :-)

[Guest]

Hello all,

I posted a series of messages on this board asking for advice on my
new system build. I received a lot of responses and they were all
useful in one way or another. It allowed me to hear many different
opinions and helped to fine tune my hardware selection.

I wanted to post this follow up message to let you all know how much I
appreciate the advice that I received and to share my final
configuration with you all.

Are there better components than the ones I ordered? Yes, but I feel
like I spent the money where I needed to.

I would advise against buying any ATI All-In-Wonder card.

Buy this card and software bundle instead:
http://store.freytechnologies.com/M...e=SOS&Product_Code=STVPVR350&Category_Code=SB

Or just the card itself:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product_j...rm=10340586&Type=PE&Category=Comp&dcaid=17379

The reason is that the ATI card has software encoding/decoding, which
places the burden on the CPU. The Haugepauge card has hardware
encoding/decoding.

Here is my final computer configuration:
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=802963

I hope my message helps someone else the way you all helped me!

Regards,
Jim

 

[A Manky Dog]

Hello all,

I posted a series of messages on this board asking for advice on my
new system build. I received a lot of responses and they were all
useful in one way or another. It allowed me to hear many different
opinions and helped to fine tune my hardware selection.

I wanted to post this follow up message to let you all know how much I
appreciate the advice that I received and to share my final
configuration with you all.

Are there better components than the ones I ordered? Yes, but I feel
like I spent the money where I needed to.

I would advise against buying any ATI All-In-Wonder card.

Buy this card and software bundle instead:
http://store.freytechnologies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Co
de=SOS&Product_Code=STVPVR350&Category_Code=SB

Or just the card itself:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product_jump.asp?sku=10340586&SearchEngine=Froogle
&SearchTerm=10340586&Type=PE&Category=Comp&dcaid=17379

The reason is that the ATI card has software encoding/decoding, which
places the burden on the CPU. The Haugepauge card has hardware
encoding/decoding.

Here is my final computer configuration:
http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=802963

I hope my message helps someone else the way you all helped me!

Regards,
Jim

Thats a hell of a lot of coinage!!

 

[Apollo]

Hello all,

I posted a series of messages on this board asking for advice on my
new system build. I received a lot of responses and they were all
useful in one way or another. It allowed me to hear many different
opinions and helped to fine tune my hardware selection.

I wanted to post this follow up message to let you all know how much I
appreciate the advice that I received and to share my final
configuration with you all.

Are there better components than the ones I ordered? Yes, but I feel
like I spent the money where I needed to.

I would advise against buying any ATI All-In-Wonder card.

Buy this card and software bundle instead:
http://store.freytechnologies.com/M...e=SOS&Product_Code=STVPVR350&Category_Code=SB

Or just the card itself:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product_j...rm=10340586&Type=PE&Category=Comp&dcaid=17379

The reason is that the ATI card has software encoding/decoding, which
places the burden on the CPU. The Haugepauge card has hardware
encoding/decoding.

I have no experience of the card you're buying, but I have a Hauppauge WinTV
Nova-t pci card for DVB in the uk, the hardware is pretty good but Hauppauge
software IMHO is complete crap, software updates are very infrequent.

I have it running in linux just fine, but the Hauppauge software screws up
on a regular basis which results in me having to remove every trace of the
software and drivers and re-install.

 

[Guest]

I have no experience of the card you're buying, but I have a Hauppauge WinTV
Nova-t pci card for DVB in the uk, the hardware is pretty good but Hauppauge
software IMHO is complete crap, software updates are very infrequent.

I have it running in linux just fine, but the Hauppauge software screws up
on a regular basis which results in me having to remove every trace of the
software and drivers and re-install.

I hear what you are saying, which is why I recomended the Sage TV
software. I'm sure it won't run on Linux, but I run Windows XP Pro.

 

[OCZ Guy]

Nice low end system their, upgrading next year are we ?

I hear what you are saying, which is why I recomended the Sage TV
software. I'm sure it won't run on Linux, but I run Windows XP Pro.

HELLO NURSE.

 

[Apollo]

I hear what you are saying, which is why I recomended the Sage TV
software. I'm sure it won't run on Linux, but I run Windows XP Pro.

Thanks for that I'll give it a go, before I got it running on linux I was
about to sell the card and look for something else.

 

[Guest]

Nice low end system their, upgrading next year are we ?

It may not be the best system available, but of course I said that in
my initial post. It suits my needs just fine now and I don't see an
upgrade being necessary in the near future. It goes without saying
that a year from now my system will be obsolete.

Basically you should just save your negative/obvious comments and stop
wasting people's time (including your own).