I have an old dell 4500 with a 2.4 gig Pentium, 1 gig of ram (2 x 512 one stick a crucial I added later). Two drives an 80 gig and 120 gig ide and an ati 9600xt video card. The system also has a dvd burner.
I am thinking of buying the shuttle SS56L and making a htpc to leave at work and just record ppv movies (I work for the cable company) and burn them to dvd for later viewing at home. Ideally I would like to also be able to view dvds upconverted to hd resolutions. I don?t really plan to play games on this (even though the 9600xt is capable).
What do I need? What do I need to know? Any recommendations? Is 2.4 enough o upconvert dvds? What software do I need?
Also I am debating taking my time (this is a spare pc so I?m not in a rush to get it to work) and using linux or spending the cash and getting windows media edition.
I am posting this on the general forum and the sff for advice, comments, directions, etc. thank you all so much.
I am thinking of buying the shuttle SS56L and making a htpc to leave at work and just record ppv movies (I work for the cable company) and burn them to dvd for later viewing at home. Ideally I would like to also be able to view dvds upconverted to hd resolutions. I don?t really plan to play games on this (even though the 9600xt is capable).
What do I need? What do I need to know? Any recommendations? Is 2.4 enough o upconvert dvds? What software do I need?
Also I am debating taking my time (this is a spare pc so I?m not in a rush to get it to work) and using linux or spending the cash and getting windows media edition.
I am posting this on the general forum and the sff for advice, comments, directions, etc. thank you all so much.
