Re: Need hd card recommendation

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First problem is that MCE won't work with just a HD Tuner. It also has to
have an NTSC tuner installed, and it won't accept the one that is part of the
HD card. GOTCHA!!!

I have an eVGA card that I bought for less than $50. It works, and best of
all it came with an OEM copy of the NVIDEA decoder. I also have an ATI HDTV
Wonder that works well. I can pick up all the networks from about 30 miles
away using a $25 antenna in my attic.

For a sound card, assuming that your motherboard does not have SPDIF out, I
have a Turtle Beach Riveria that cost under me $30. It is connected to my
Yamaha receiver with an optical cable. Don't forget to set you decoder to
pass thru mode.

"Brandon Baker" wrote:

> Also, I need a sound card recommendation. I would like to output the sound
> to my Yamaha receiver, it has dolby digital and the whole works.
>
>
> "Brandon Baker" <mrmoneymatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:epzygXusFHA.908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I recently acquired a computer from my job. It is a 2.8 p4 with 512mb ram,
> >dvd rom and cd burner. I have a Geforce3 video card I am going to install
> >for video. I would like a recommendation for a hd tuner card. I only need
> >one tuner. This is just to get the thing going. I want to start using it as
> >soon as possible.
> >
> > Also, I have a high def tv, what do you recommend using to connect the
> > video card to the tv? I can use svideo or dvi.
> >
> > --
> > Brandon Baker
> > A+, Net+, MCSA, MCSE
> >
>
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