Thanks, so much! I'll be re-using my budget Hauppauge Nova-T. Am quite pleased with the multi-channel recording under VDR. To date I've been doing all the testing and learning on a P2 400 Dell2400 - but it's now beginning to slow me down too much. > Not sure if nForce is good for linux (some problems with NF2 and NF3 - not > sure if they have been fixed by now). so either SIS or Via chipsets are fine then? What about things like 'hyper threading' ? I gather support for this will probably add complication and not worth the effort? > Depending on other requirements but if you need it for DVDs and DVB then > look for S/PDIF output. Full featured DVB cards tend to have S/PDIF output > as well so soundcard may not be even needed. What kind of connector is on S/PDIF? >> Video >> I want a card, preferably with composite output. > > Not sure but if there's TV-out in the graphic card then there is always > composite output. This provides the poorest image. > > Minimum for analogue video-output is s-video, IMO. Better is to have RGB > output. RGB=scart type output? >> What's uATX? > > Motherboard form, very small. If you wan't to build small HTPC type > computer then this is good solution. Expansion slots are minimal - AGP is > often missing, PCI ports are limited to 1 or 2 and a lot of peripherials > are integrated. So integral video out on the motherboard? >> Best to get 8x? > > Will not provide any advantages for video viewing purposes. This comes > handy when using a lot of textures for 3D graphics. Thanks again!!
