>- I would like to watch live TV so I am considering getting a dual tuner card that is well supported by MythTV and has a hardware encoder/decoder. I am considering the PVR 500. Do you have comments/suggestions?
I think the PVR 500 is a fine choice, I have a similar setup (DirecTV/2 tuners/2 PVR 250s). >- Do I just hookup the s-video cable from the receiver to the PVR500 or do I need to some how have 2 s-video cables going in to the PVR 500 (2 receivers, 2 s-video outputs)? You will plug your S-video cable into the 500 (I think that does TV-out) or the Svideo-out connector on your video card. - Do I need a seperate video card that has s-video/component output to connect to the TV? Any recommendations? Nvidia FX5200 is a great choice if fanless. Nvidia seems to be the way to go. >- If I get a good TV tuner card which has hardware encoder/decoder, can I get by with a slower processor? I have read about people using Athlons 1.8+ on their machines and see 50% CPU when saving at 640x480. Since my TV can support it, I would like to use the highest resolution possible. What are the experience of the people on this list? Athlon 1.2 worked for me for a long time with the above setup. You will use almost 0 CPU recording, and playback on the Tbird used about 30% CPU. >Thanks, >Dhaval
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