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<blockquote data-quote="Lotsofjazz" data-source="post: 329767" data-attributes="member: 64243"><p>Hey, just surfing the mediaportal forum I saw this topic.</p><p></p><p>I am from The Netherlands too, and my system is quite similar to yours, except that I have the silver Fusion II 430, with the VFD display, the black has the LCD display.. As far as the case goes, all fusions are similar, also the new fusion remote have still the same case, including the same crappy VFD or LCD display with the integrated IR receiver. for the rest of my system, see the link on the left <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>About the Digital TV tuner card, we have Ziggo Cable here, so I went for the floppyDTV C-CI with Alphacrypt classic CAM. I have searched the internet for hours for alternatives, but this seems to be the best and cheapest solution to receive digital scrambled Cable TV. The Alphacrypt is expensive but that is because you also pay for the expensive Irdeto licence.. None the less it remains much cheaper then when you buy the HD capable digital receiver(samsung something) that Ziggo supports. Note that when you have the FloppyDTV you CAN record HD TV and you CAN transfer it to DVD if you want.</p><p></p><p>When you buy the FloppyDTV together with the Alphacrypt classic from Digitaleverywhere, you get a huge discount:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.digital-everywhere.com/shop/index.php?page=shop&pkateg=6&PHPSESSID=b020c9603062ce1e75cc46733163eb58" target="_blank">digital everywhere online shop</a></p><p></p><p>One more thing I want to tell here is that upgrading with a seperate graphics card is very well worth the money, as the X1250 has turned out to be the culprit of the jerky playback of the HD TV channels I have here (discovery, NGC, History channel), I have installed a cheap Gainward ATI HD 4650 1Gb DDR2 , a low power consuming GFX with HDMI, VGA and DVI on board and an integrated 8.1 soundcard (over HDMI). I must say this was the best E70,- I have spend the past year, what a huge improvement over the onboard X1250!. HD plays now smooth also with fast movements, SD has improved as well, SD TV channels appear to be sharper crispier, more DVD like quality, finally Hardware accelleration also for HD content, so my CPU stays cool. Note that this card has a noisy cooler, BUT because I only use it for TV and movie playback, it doesnt run its full capacity at all, so it stays very cool, and the fan allmost never runs, sometimes for just a minute or so, but most of the time it is turned off. The card has such low power requirements it doesnt need a seperate power connector, all power it needs comes from the PCI express 16x slot.</p><p></p><p>About the Antec Fusion, I never got the VFD display working properly as the remote controller of my Marantz Home cinema set interferres with the Imon VFD, so when using the volume buttons, the display goes garbled, and sometimes also the computer responds erraticly.</p><p></p><p>So I bought a seperate MCE USB receiver on ebay, and disconnected the VFD display, so mine is now permanently black.</p><p></p><p>But reading this topic, I am going to try it again, I have downloaded the latest driver from the Soundgraph website, lets see what happens. Will let you know here.</p><p></p><p>One more thing.. If your Home cinema set has a digital sound input.. USE IT!, and use the SPDIF out of your on board soundcard, this way there is absolutely no need for a fancy soundcard, note that a Home cinema set wil ALLWAYS be better then the amps on a soundcard... Just look at the power supply of your home cinemaset, and you know what I mean.. Most motherboards used for HTPC do have a SPDIF OUT these days, if not, and you find the on board soundcard crappy, just look for the cheapest soundcard you can find which has a SPDIF out.</p><p></p><p>All in all I am very satisfied with the home theatre system I have now, It works very well with Mediaportal, and best of all the quality of movie playback and HDTV is fenomenal. I dont think I need an upgrade for many years to come.</p><p></p><p>Lots</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lotsofjazz, post: 329767, member: 64243"] Hey, just surfing the mediaportal forum I saw this topic. I am from The Netherlands too, and my system is quite similar to yours, except that I have the silver Fusion II 430, with the VFD display, the black has the LCD display.. As far as the case goes, all fusions are similar, also the new fusion remote have still the same case, including the same crappy VFD or LCD display with the integrated IR receiver. for the rest of my system, see the link on the left :-) About the Digital TV tuner card, we have Ziggo Cable here, so I went for the floppyDTV C-CI with Alphacrypt classic CAM. I have searched the internet for hours for alternatives, but this seems to be the best and cheapest solution to receive digital scrambled Cable TV. The Alphacrypt is expensive but that is because you also pay for the expensive Irdeto licence.. None the less it remains much cheaper then when you buy the HD capable digital receiver(samsung something) that Ziggo supports. Note that when you have the FloppyDTV you CAN record HD TV and you CAN transfer it to DVD if you want. When you buy the FloppyDTV together with the Alphacrypt classic from Digitaleverywhere, you get a huge discount: [url=http://www.digital-everywhere.com/shop/index.php?page=shop&pkateg=6&PHPSESSID=b020c9603062ce1e75cc46733163eb58]digital everywhere online shop[/url] One more thing I want to tell here is that upgrading with a seperate graphics card is very well worth the money, as the X1250 has turned out to be the culprit of the jerky playback of the HD TV channels I have here (discovery, NGC, History channel), I have installed a cheap Gainward ATI HD 4650 1Gb DDR2 , a low power consuming GFX with HDMI, VGA and DVI on board and an integrated 8.1 soundcard (over HDMI). I must say this was the best E70,- I have spend the past year, what a huge improvement over the onboard X1250!. HD plays now smooth also with fast movements, SD has improved as well, SD TV channels appear to be sharper crispier, more DVD like quality, finally Hardware accelleration also for HD content, so my CPU stays cool. Note that this card has a noisy cooler, BUT because I only use it for TV and movie playback, it doesnt run its full capacity at all, so it stays very cool, and the fan allmost never runs, sometimes for just a minute or so, but most of the time it is turned off. The card has such low power requirements it doesnt need a seperate power connector, all power it needs comes from the PCI express 16x slot. About the Antec Fusion, I never got the VFD display working properly as the remote controller of my Marantz Home cinema set interferres with the Imon VFD, so when using the volume buttons, the display goes garbled, and sometimes also the computer responds erraticly. So I bought a seperate MCE USB receiver on ebay, and disconnected the VFD display, so mine is now permanently black. But reading this topic, I am going to try it again, I have downloaded the latest driver from the Soundgraph website, lets see what happens. Will let you know here. One more thing.. If your Home cinema set has a digital sound input.. USE IT!, and use the SPDIF out of your on board soundcard, this way there is absolutely no need for a fancy soundcard, note that a Home cinema set wil ALLWAYS be better then the amps on a soundcard... Just look at the power supply of your home cinemaset, and you know what I mean.. Most motherboards used for HTPC do have a SPDIF OUT these days, if not, and you find the on board soundcard crappy, just look for the cheapest soundcard you can find which has a SPDIF out. All in all I am very satisfied with the home theatre system I have now, It works very well with Mediaportal, and best of all the quality of movie playback and HDTV is fenomenal. I dont think I need an upgrade for many years to come. Lots [/QUOTE]
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