new HTPC (1 Viewer)

[Razor2]

I have an idea about building a HTPC with the following specs:

Intel Pentium D 805 Dual core (2*2,66Ghz)
Gigabyte 8I865GME-775
on board video and audio
512Mb DDR 400
250Gb WD SATA HDD
some NEC DVD-RW

and for the TV card
Pinnacle 400i DVB-S
Pinnacle 50i

I have a couple of questions about this HTPC...

1. Is it possible to use only 1 remote to control both the cards?
2. Is this config enough for future HDTV?
3. Does Mediaportal support these cards?

 

[Callifo]

Dont think that onboard video card will be sufficient. It says it only supports DirectX7* and DirectX8*, what ever the * means.