Is a P4 3.2GHz with All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro enough for HDTV?

[rkorol]

A buddy of mine wants to replace his TiVo, and start recording HDTV programming from his TV. He really likes the small Shuttle cases, so he wants to build a system that would record the programming to the hard drive inside the SFF case. My question is, if I stuff a 3.2GHz P4 (875P) into the SFF case along with a All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro card, will it be enough to record HDTV signal seamlessly without being choppy?

 

[rbV5]

The AIW is an analog tuner card. It can't record HDTV at all.....so no.

 

[rkorol]

Are there any cards out there that can? Price isn't really an issue for this guy.

 

[rbV5]

My HD tuner card captures OTA HD very well, but if he's wanting to capture broadcasts from cable or Satellite Dish....nearly impossible.
AVSforums is a good forum for HDTV and HTPC issues.