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<blockquote data-quote="Alberto83" data-source="post: 1246150" data-attributes="member: 128278"><p>Unfortunately in Italy we don't use cable tv, so i can't really tell about the tuner but i bought a €80 dual DVB-T2 tuner and i'm more than happy with it. I guess there's not that difference with cable tuners. </p><p></p><p>Regarding the setup any Intel integrated graphics card can support 1080p with hardware acceleration. I have a Pentium G4600 (Q3 2017) and it handles any H264 and H265 (hevc) content in 1080p without any problem. It's a little less performant with HEVC 10bit but we're talking about a 15% CPU usage in decoding instead of 5%, so nothing you really should worry.</p><p></p><p>I'd try to go with at least a dual tuner setup though. I don't know how it works with cable, but for DVB-T it's a no brainer solution as it allows you to watch and record two channels at the same time. If you later want to use ethernet to "distribute" the tv signal to other clients, you might even go to a quad tuner card instead. It's undoubtedly more expensive, but it allows you to watch/record 4 channels at the same time with a single cable input, which for some is a real deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberto83, post: 1246150, member: 128278"] Unfortunately in Italy we don't use cable tv, so i can't really tell about the tuner but i bought a €80 dual DVB-T2 tuner and i'm more than happy with it. I guess there's not that difference with cable tuners. Regarding the setup any Intel integrated graphics card can support 1080p with hardware acceleration. I have a Pentium G4600 (Q3 2017) and it handles any H264 and H265 (hevc) content in 1080p without any problem. It's a little less performant with HEVC 10bit but we're talking about a 15% CPU usage in decoding instead of 5%, so nothing you really should worry. I'd try to go with at least a dual tuner setup though. I don't know how it works with cable, but for DVB-T it's a no brainer solution as it allows you to watch and record two channels at the same time. If you later want to use ethernet to "distribute" the tv signal to other clients, you might even go to a quad tuner card instead. It's undoubtedly more expensive, but it allows you to watch/record 4 channels at the same time with a single cable input, which for some is a real deal. [/QUOTE]
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