Re: Need hd card recommendation

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I don't use Dolby sound so have no recommendation.
Since the HDTV signals are received already encoded there is not really a
significant difference in how they handle HD. I suggest you decide based on
the different cards, features, price and included Software application if
you do not plan on using the card with MCE.

"Brandon Baker" <mrmoneymatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Do you recommend any certain one of those cards for HD? Also, what do you
> suggest about a sound card. I need to be able to pass dolby digital to my
> receiver.
>
>
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> "JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> You will need a new video card, one with at least 10GB/sec of memory
>> bandwidth to handle the HD programs. You certainly want one that has
>> DVI output because certainly do not want to output your HD programs over
>> S-Video since the HD video would be downscaled to the S-Video standard of
>> 480i. Cards with 128MB of memory and using the NVIDIA 6600GT or the ATI
>> x700 chip have the required memory bandwidth. Possible HDTV cards are
>> made by Avermedia, ATI, and DVICO.
>>
>> "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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