I3roknI3ottle
Gawd
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2005
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Ok so I bought a 20" LCD TV on black friday for $99 bucks after MIR, which I thnk it serves its purpose quite well as I don't have digital cable or anything HD and it does have component so my xbox at 480p looks pretty damn good coming from s-video on my 13" RCA truflat tv.
My last project was my Xbox and turning it into a Media Center, via XBMC and I really like it since I can do a lot with it. Well I want to venture into the world of a HTPC and build my own instead of going with something like TiVo. Here's some hardware I currently have laying around.
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Soyo KT600 v1.0 Motherboard (Only allows for 4xAGP, since some issue with the voltage of 8xAGP card.)
1x512MB DDR PC3200
DVD / CD-RW Optical drive
WD Caviar SE 80GB @ 7200RPM with 8MB
XFX GeForce FX5200 128MB - 64 Bit (low profile / fan less)
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 soundcard
400W psu
I was thinking about going with MythTV or KnoppMyth and need to know which tv capture card would be best to go with. I have basic cable through Charter Communications, which is like 2-80 channel wise and it's nothing special. I want the functions of being able to record tv and pause possibly. Also my video card has a VGA and S-VIDEO out and what would be the best way of going about hooking my htpc to my tv too watch tv.
Thanks, any help is appreciated.
My last project was my Xbox and turning it into a Media Center, via XBMC and I really like it since I can do a lot with it. Well I want to venture into the world of a HTPC and build my own instead of going with something like TiVo. Here's some hardware I currently have laying around.
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Soyo KT600 v1.0 Motherboard (Only allows for 4xAGP, since some issue with the voltage of 8xAGP card.)
1x512MB DDR PC3200
DVD / CD-RW Optical drive
WD Caviar SE 80GB @ 7200RPM with 8MB
XFX GeForce FX5200 128MB - 64 Bit (low profile / fan less)
Chaintech AV-710 7.1 soundcard
400W psu
I was thinking about going with MythTV or KnoppMyth and need to know which tv capture card would be best to go with. I have basic cable through Charter Communications, which is like 2-80 channel wise and it's nothing special. I want the functions of being able to record tv and pause possibly. Also my video card has a VGA and S-VIDEO out and what would be the best way of going about hooking my htpc to my tv too watch tv.
Thanks, any help is appreciated.