Home Theater PC instead of settop DVD recorder

[CEF]

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review_print.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD03ODY=

Finally, a TV tuner card that features the LSI Encoder chip.

A complete home theater PC system will cost about as much as a modern DVD settop recorder with a hard drive, only with a PC, you can finally get all the features in one box:

- Dual Layer disc recording
- dual-tuners
- HDTV capture (e.g. Fusion-3 tuner card)
- unlimited storage
- free EPG
.. and so much more...

Sure, you may have to reboot once in a while, but it beats the ever-lovable "LOADING!" message, the overheating recorders, and the uncorrectable frame jitter. And for those tight squeezes where you have to fit a whole week of Oprah (minus adverts) on one DVD-5, there's software encoders like TMPEG that are another 20-30% more compression efficient than hardware.

..not to mention with a PC, you can rip DVD's and play games...

To paraphrase Eric Cartman of "South Park": Screw you guys, I'm going Home (..Theater PC)

[DVDDave]

does that input on the card accept a cable wire??? what does the tv tuner do?? does it search for available stations and how many?? where can you get it??

[CEF]

Yes. One mfg has a website:

http://www.evga.com/articles/public.asp?AID=219

Some dual tuner cards have already been priced:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=NVIDIA+NVTV+

[DVDDave]

no remotes pictured??? do the ones for $70-$80 come with the remote??? i have been considering the snapstream bundle for $179--includes WIN-TV PVR250, firefly remote, and beyond tv software. anybody have that?? sorry to hi jack the thread.