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Hi,

I was wondering if those of you who have made your own DVR or have seen someone's homemade DVR could answer a few questions for me.  I am thinking of building one for fun, but I'm not sure if it is worth it.

Here are my questions:

1. When connected to a TV via the TV out on the computer, does the TV

picture look as good as it does when the TV is using its own tuner?

2. Have you seen one that uses the ATI Theater 550 Pro chip?  Heard anything about it?  I am looking at the "Sapphire 100104SR PCI Interface Theatrix Theatre 550Pro TV Tuner", do you think this will work well?

And Finally:

3. Did you think it was worth the investment?  Do you use it regularly?  Are the recorded programs good quality?

Thanks for any input.  I am trying to justify spending the money because I

have always wanted to build a DVR, I'd just like to hear anyone else's

experience and whether or not it was a good one.

Thanks!

Jason

Here is what I have been looking at (I'm trying to get a pretty good system to use as a DVR at the lowest cost).  Any suggestions?:

Box:

AOpen EZ18 BLACK Socket A(462) AMD Athlon XP/ Athlon/ Sempron/ Duron nVIDIA

nForce2 IGP Barebone - Retail

Model #:  EZ18 BLACK

TV Card:

Sapphire 100104SR PCI Interface Theatrix Theatre 550Pro TV Tuner Card -

Retail

Model #:  100104SR

CPU:

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor Model AXDA3000BOX -

Retail

Model #:  AXDA3000BOX

RAM:

pqi POWER Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Unbuffered System

Memory Model MD3412UOE - Retail

Model #:  MD3412UOE

Wireless Keyboard/Mouse:

BELKIN F8E815-BNDL Black PS/2 Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included -

Retail

Model #:  F8E815-BNDL

USB Wireless adapter:

GIGAFAST WF741-UIC USB 1.1 Wireless Adapter - Retail

Model #:  WF741-UIC

Hard Drive:

160GB Seagate