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MatthiasVonZorn
May 2nd, 2009, 10:53 AM
Hi all. First post here. Ive got a PVR-350 right now on an old knoppmyth box. Im looking to upgrade the athlon 1400 with a new rig. Not sure what cards to get. Like I said, I have a pvr-350, and I see a bunch of people use multiple cards for HD.
I would like to make my new box using mythubuntu for HD tv. I have HD cable from charter, in the US. Id like to get a tuner card that works very well with MU, as im not a very experinced linux guy. Ive had a lot of issues over the years gettings the TVOUT on my PVR-350 working. So, im going to get a new video card and tuner card.

So, id like a unified card (digital and analog), that supports HD content which works well with MU. Id also like the VC to have audio on it as well, so should I get one with HDMI? (my tv also has mostly hdmi inputs). Any VC and TV cards suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance.

matthias

MatthiasVonZorn
May 4th, 2009, 12:44 PM
Ok, i bit the bullet, here is what I got. Sound ok to everyone?

Asus M3N78-EM Nvidia 8300 chipset with HDMI out AMD
Phenom II X4 940 (3ghz)
2 gig ddr2-1066 ram
Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250
1TB Sata HD

Figured id use my pvr-350 if this cant do the analog still. Thanks for any comments

matt