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<blockquote data-quote="900spg" data-source="post: 775541" data-attributes="member: 114900">I'm a long time beyond tv user who is looking to build a new htpc and found mediaPortel on the search for the best solution. I live in the United States and receive my television through DirectTV. I'm looking to use a Hauppauge Colossus and it appears that MediaPortal is supporting the card. Are most users having good luck with this card combined with mediaPortal or are there still issues to be worked out? Will Windows Home Server be an acceptable OS choice or would it be better to stick with Windows 7 Premium? I would prefer use Home Server, but if it will make it more difficult to make the system reliable I would prefer to use Windows 7.I still have an old Hauppauge PVR-250, would this be worth using still for standard definition recordings or should I just skip it as I would have to get a motherboard with a pci slot. What is the best supported way to change channels on a set top box? Any other hardware recommendations? I'm really excited that MediaPortal might be the software I need to use a Hauppauge Colossus in a htpc. Thanks in advance for any input that you can provide!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="900spg, post: 775541, member: 114900"] I'm a long time beyond tv user who is looking to build a new htpc and found mediaPortel on the search for the best solution. I live in the United States and receive my television through DirectTV. I'm looking to use a Hauppauge Colossus and it appears that MediaPortal is supporting the card. Are most users having good luck with this card combined with mediaPortal or are there still issues to be worked out? Will Windows Home Server be an acceptable OS choice or would it be better to stick with Windows 7 Premium? I would prefer use Home Server, but if it will make it more difficult to make the system reliable I would prefer to use Windows 7. I still have an old Hauppauge PVR-250, would this be worth using still for standard definition recordings or should I just skip it as I would have to get a motherboard with a pci slot. What is the best supported way to change channels on a set top box? Any other hardware recommendations? I'm really excited that MediaPortal might be the software I need to use a Hauppauge Colossus in a htpc. Thanks in advance for any input that you can provide! [/QUOTE]

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