i've been reading through the posts on this mailing list, and i'm about to buy a FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus card. Background: my primary goal to purchase this card would be to plug it into an old linux server (P-III 850Mhz 512MB RAM) that i have running, currently acting as a file/ssh/ftp/mail server. The server currently sits in the garage with nothing but power connected to it (and network access through 802.11b). Ideally, I would like to utilize the same box for a poor man's solution to HTPC. What I imagine doing is buying the card, throwing it in there, and moving the system into the house and hiding it behind the TV set. I would be wanting a decent 1080i signal for the TV (which doesn't have any other real choices except for component-in for HD, so i'm not really sure how i am going to connect the damn PC to the TV). My cable does stream unencrypted QAM that I've picked up using a set-top-box in the past. Concerns: Besides the CPU being 850Mhz, the system doesn't have an AGP port on it either, and I currently have an old Vodoo Banshee 16MB PCI video card in there. i may have access to other cards (need to look through my junk), but i think most of them are AGP, AFAIK. what you guys think? can i pull it off? suggestions? comments? I'm really eager to try this out and see how it goes. thanks in advance for your input.
