Media Center PC?

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:01 am

I was thinking of making my Dell PC a media center PC with DVR etc. I was looking at the ATI All-in-Wonder X800XT tuner card but I'm not sure about the software - any suggestions?

Also, it's a Pentium 2.4Ghz with 1 MB RAM - I'm thinking this is plenty fast enough for DVR but I'm reading that it is a pretty demanding application. Any thoughts on this?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:19 am

Well that all depends on what OS you are going to use. At the moment i am using the stock ATI media center software and it works well enough. My friend uses Myth TV which is a linux based program, it was a bitch to get set up but i really like the way it works, seems like its more stable and more functional than the ATI MMC. If i felt like taking the time to set it all up i would go Myth TV, but i dont have that kind of time right now so im stuck with MMC, which is not my first choice but it does work.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:18 am

try beyond TV - I use a WinTV PVR to watch/record with but unless you want to switch to linux.... BeyondTV is about the best out there

GuruX · Post by **GuruX** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:30 pm

My Dell laptop came with Windows XP Media Center edition, and I'm quite happy with it.

As for your specs, I don't think there'd be too much problems (I'm sure the 2.4GHz processor could handle recording TV (playback isn't an issue).