DragonMaster
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 Posted: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:21:44 Post Subject: |
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If you don't want to spend a lot, there's a cheap Asus card with lots of bundled software.
If you don't matter to spend more or if your computer is too slow (post your specs)
you could go with an ATi theater 550 - 650 based card that does hardware encoding (much less CPU use)
Then, there's HDTV cards, but since you have cable, there probably isn't much content in HDTV available for you. (Antenna TV wins this time!) But this might change and if you want future compatibility it may be worth it, but these cards are pretty expensive so it's better to wait.
Finally, there are dual tuner cards. If you want to watch TV and record something else at the same time, you need either two cards or a dual card. (Cheaper, less PCI slots) |
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