Hi ! I'm using a DVB-C card (Hauppauge Nexus CA rev. 1.3) with linux (MiniVDR distib.) An official Cablecom decoder has a bad quality ... (most bad, i don't think it's possible ......) :) The quality with a DVB-C card is a little better (the signal is not perfect, and sound only in stereo - MPEG1 layer3... but the best quality I have is with channels in QAM 256). For sound, I use the SPDIF output with a Creative Extigy to convert it to analog (I don't have a digital amplifier with SPDIF input) ... To decode channels, I don't use a very "legal" system (software system), but I have the card with abo :) My Config: PIII 500 (w/o fan) - 256MBRAM - 200 GB HDD - DVD+-RW - and a SuperSilent Alim Best Regards, Gide_x