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<blockquote data-quote="mapatton" data-source="post: 39807" data-attributes="member: 18659">Hello all. My 1st post here and looking for your thoughts.Some backgroundI have been building PCs for 8+ years and feel quite comfortable with it.I have a spare 450MHz based box running XP ProI have about 300 CDs that are kept in a separate room from the main system.I already have a decent AV receiver, DVD player, HD STB and plasma. It is all controlled through a Pronto 7000.With the decreasing cost of HD storage, I am thinking of building a HTPC to perform as a virtual jukebox. Basically rip every CD to the drive in a lossless manner, and connect it to the rest of the system.In reading what I have so far, it seems all are using TV cards as well for tuners, etc, but so far, that really doesn;t interest me until there is a card that can truly address HDCP.Curious about thoughts on this &quot;self limited&quot; concept. Also, the less upgrades I could perform to the 450MHZ box, the better. No need for me to &quot;display it&quot; as it can hide inside the speaker area. Also, I see that SP2 is a requirement for Media Portal. How hard is this requirement? I as as SP2 still has a significant conflict with FrontPage 2000, so I am SP1.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mapatton, post: 39807, member: 18659"] Hello all. My 1st post here and looking for your thoughts. Some background I have been building PCs for 8+ years and feel quite comfortable with it. I have a spare 450MHz based box running XP Pro I have about 300 CDs that are kept in a separate room from the main system. I already have a decent AV receiver, DVD player, HD STB and plasma. It is all controlled through a Pronto 7000. With the decreasing cost of HD storage, I am thinking of building a HTPC to perform as a virtual jukebox. Basically rip every CD to the drive in a lossless manner, and connect it to the rest of the system. In reading what I have so far, it seems all are using TV cards as well for tuners, etc, but so far, that really doesn;t interest me until there is a card that can truly address HDCP. Curious about thoughts on this "self limited" concept. Also, the less upgrades I could perform to the 450MHZ box, the better. No need for me to "display it" as it can hide inside the speaker area. Also, I see that SP2 is a requirement for Media Portal. How hard is this requirement? I as as SP2 still has a significant conflict with FrontPage 2000, so I am SP1. [/QUOTE]

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