<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Firstly what
processor should I get. I had a AMD Sempron 3000+ to 3400+ in mind.
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If you have not planned to do HDTV, then these processors are overkill.
I use an AMD 1800+, which uses around 25% of its CPU when decoding to a
GeForce4 MX440.<br>
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</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>What I was hoping on being able to do is allow the TV card to do the recording
and have enough oomth in the CPU to be able to decode/play at the same time as
recording or do I need two TV cards to do this. </span></font></div></blockquote><div><br>
If you want to record two shows at a time or if you want to watch live
tv while recording a second, then you need two TV cards. Otherwise you
only need one (I have only one).<br>
</div></div>Niels Dybdahl<br>