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Anyone using a Sony KP-46WT500 and an HTPC? I am having some picture quality issues with my HTPC on this SONY TV. MOBO: P5E-VM HDMI TV: Sony KP-46WT500 The picture is okay, but gets grainy and colours washout and blur. This is consistent with TV, DVD and video files. There is a...

As the subject states, I need to get a TV Tuner card and have narrowed it down to these two. I will be running XP and Media Portal. Wonder 650PCIe ($129) or WINTV-HVR-1800 PCI-E1 TV Tuner ($102) I hope to order tonight! Any guidance or expereince to share? Thanks, Mike

...posted this in the wrong forum before... Can I? I've purchased my case, mobo, cpu (2.66 Dual), 2 gigs of RAM I want two video capture cards. One for TV, (digital, HD and QAM able) One for DVB-S Dual tuners for each all the better. Oh ya, and compatible with MediaPortal...

Hmmm, catch-22. Now if I ask in the other forum I'm double posting... :-) Thanks for the "heads up" Mike

Hi Samuel, just to give some closure to this thread. I have purchased the following... Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail In stock 25298 1 $174.99 $174.99 Gigabyte GA-73UM-S2H mATX LGA775 GF7150 1PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 Video HD Sound GLAN...

In looking at the forum topics, would this not be the best area? Mike

Can I? I've purchased my case, mobo, cpu (2.66 Dual), 2 gigs of RAM I want two video capture cards. One for TV, (digital, HD and QAM able) One for DVB-S Dual tuners for each all the better. Oh ya, and compatible with MediaPortal Are they out there? Thanks in advance...

Damn, more reading to do. :D Immensely.

Probably not capture from two at a time, certainly watch on one, capture from the other though. Some do, but chances are they will be CPU based. Well, I'm not Bill Gates ;), trying to keep the processor under $200. Mike

Great! While you're still around, I was thinking of a Dual Core processor, 2.0 or better, 1333FSB with 1 GB of RAM. That should be sufficient for a dual TV and oneSAT cards don't you think? Thanks, Mike

Thanks Samuel, I did not realize that the NVIDEA video was better and the better audio is also a boinus. I.m heading out today so I will et you know what I get. Thanks again, Mike

I should be a little clearer, here is the other MOBO that I found and compared to the Gigabyte. P5E-VM HDMI Mike

Thanks for the reply. I looked over the specs, and other than a $40.00 price difference, the only other difference appears to be the Gigabyte mobo has two PCI and one PCIe and one PCIE16. The ASUS has two PCIe, one PCIE16 and one PCI. Would it not be better to go with the two PCIe mobo...

Just got my Antec NSK2480 case and need to find a matching mobo. Looking for DVI or HDMI on-board, 4 PCI, matx, anything else? Any reason why I should not go with ondboard DVI? Suggestions or some advice greatly appreciated. This is the first time I've built one Mike