I'm looking to take the dive into a HTPC. I would like it to serve two fuctions: game unit and "TIVO" unit.
I am probably going to get the Shuttle SB61G2, P4 - 2.4 GHz 800FSB, 512 MB RAM, and 80 GB HD. The part that I am not sure about is the video card(s). The video will be coming from my digital cable box through a RCA cable, so it will not need to support "cable tuning".
Which would be a better solution:
1. 3d video card with VIVO (GeForce 4 TI4x00)
2. 3d video card with TV out (GeForce 4 TI4x00) and a PCI TV Tuner, like a Hauupauge PVR-250 (or similar)
I would like to for it to have all the TIVO bells and whistles, save to HD as MPEG2, record to VCD or DVD, pause live TV (not too important), etc.
Just as a side thought, could there be audio syncing problems with a single video card solution as the audio and video are coming in separately?
I leave it to the experts, what do you suggest?
Thanks for the help,
Rich
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