I have recently added an HDTV tuner to my existing HTPC setup. I have mixed feelings about the results. Playback starts OK but eventually starts pixelating and audio is garbled.
Hence the subject of this post: What is the minimum hardware configuration for recording and viewing HD TV content on a PC?
What is the minimum CPU?
What is the minimum amount of RAM?
What is the minimum for a Video Card?
and how much ram should the video card have?
Is AGP and PCI an acceptable BUS minimum
-OR-
IS PCI-express (x16 and x1 slots) BUS needed ?
Any other areas for bottlenecks?
It’s possible there is some sort of interference with the OTA signal, however from other posts I’ve read there is also a chance some of PC hardware is not up to snuff for HD recording and playback.
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