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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6610"><p>CoolHammer,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the welcome - I had a look at the requirements links and I think the only thing I lack in my spare PC is the CPU power, but 1.2Mhz is not too far from 1.4Mhz so I may be OK with my two 600MHz P3's... it also has RD-RAM and SCSI drives so it actually is still pretty fast despite it's age. If it turns out not to be up to the task I'll hunt around and find a couple of 733's or 1Ghz chips if I can.</p><p></p><p>Ignore what I said about DVB-S - I have since found out that a PVR-350 is all I need... I'll be encoding/decoding the anlogue signal coming out of my STB into the Hauppauge (ie: not a digital signal) so that should be OK. </p><p></p><p>So I think I'm going to go ahead and buy the '350, install MP and all the other bits and peices and see how I go from there.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the advice and the links - the documentation project looks like it will be invaluable.</p><p></p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6610"] CoolHammer, Thanks for the welcome - I had a look at the requirements links and I think the only thing I lack in my spare PC is the CPU power, but 1.2Mhz is not too far from 1.4Mhz so I may be OK with my two 600MHz P3's... it also has RD-RAM and SCSI drives so it actually is still pretty fast despite it's age. If it turns out not to be up to the task I'll hunt around and find a couple of 733's or 1Ghz chips if I can. Ignore what I said about DVB-S - I have since found out that a PVR-350 is all I need... I'll be encoding/decoding the anlogue signal coming out of my STB into the Hauppauge (ie: not a digital signal) so that should be OK. So I think I'm going to go ahead and buy the '350, install MP and all the other bits and peices and see how I go from there. Thanks again for the advice and the links - the documentation project looks like it will be invaluable. Mike [/QUOTE]
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