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06-25-2007, 07:05 AM
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|  Television PC for Sister? My sister just cleaned her room and found over $1000 of uncashed checks from babysitting (i hate her), and she said that she wants a tv w/ tivo. I told her that tivo had a monthly plan and whatnot, and I might be building her a computer w/ a video capture card (she already had a few thousand in the bank). Which capture card would you guys suggest? Were not going for bang-for-the-buck, just going for best quality. And 4 the rest of the pc were probably looking at 1 or 2 gigs of ram, and either a conroe 6400 or an amd 3800 maybe, prolly a sb audigy (the cheap $20 kind), something like a 7600 or something similar for the vid card, one or two seagate barracuda's (320-gig), and a massive widescreen. and my friend has a capture card, but he got a cheap one, and when you record shows, they are fuzzy and have a beeping noise in the background. Would any capture card be able to match tivo-like quality (aka u cant tell a difference if its on a normal tv or recorded on your computer)? some first-hand experience would be nice. thnx.
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06-25-2007, 03:03 PM
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| Re: Television PC for Sister? do u need a monitor?
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06-25-2007, 03:05 PM
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| Re: Television PC for Sister? Newegg.com - Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail nice monitor....
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06-25-2007, 04:46 PM
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| Re: Television PC for Sister? tv's don't make very good monitors btw you may be better off with a projector if hooking it up to a pc......
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06-25-2007, 06:09 PM
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| Re: Television PC for Sister? Quote:
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06-25-2007, 07:16 PM
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  | Re: Television PC for Sister? Capture Card: Newegg.com - Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE White box PCI Interface Personal Video Recorder - Retail
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