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<blockquote data-quote="lordkenyon" data-source="post: 189126" data-attributes="member: 57740">Already running HD Content with HW decoding (8600GTS).&nbsp; Only thing I'm going to do is probably add the XBox HD-DVD add on.&nbsp; Probably will hack it up a little to make it internal, but that's the only thing I'll be adding anytime soon.&nbsp; That and an ATSC tuner card to finally dump my DishNetwork for good.I think the HW solution might be good for some upgrades, but if you're like me and just built a new system, there really isn't a need.&nbsp; It's also a bit ambiguous when you just say &quot;cost effective&quot; PCI solution.&nbsp; Is this under $100, $200, $XX?&nbsp; Building a system as a HTPC, I pretty much expected to have a third or more of the budget be just on a video card.&nbsp; Oh, running dual core duo 2.33 on P5N SLi MB, the 8600GTS, 2G RAM, 500MB HDD (likely add another soon) with XP Pro SP2. Standard Apps: Media portal, zoom player, QT Alt, ffdshow, CoreAVC, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lordkenyon, post: 189126, member: 57740"] Already running HD Content with HW decoding (8600GTS). Only thing I'm going to do is probably add the XBox HD-DVD add on. Probably will hack it up a little to make it internal, but that's the only thing I'll be adding anytime soon. That and an ATSC tuner card to finally dump my DishNetwork for good. I think the HW solution might be good for some upgrades, but if you're like me and just built a new system, there really isn't a need. It's also a bit ambiguous when you just say "cost effective" PCI solution. Is this under $100, $200, $XX? Building a system as a HTPC, I pretty much expected to have a third or more of the budget be just on a video card. Oh, running dual core duo 2.33 on P5N SLi MB, the 8600GTS, 2G RAM, 500MB HDD (likely add another soon) with XP Pro SP2. Standard Apps: Media portal, zoom player, QT Alt, ffdshow, CoreAVC, etc. [/QUOTE]

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