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Yup, where's the drool emoticon when you need it? :lol:
I read somewhere that standalone ATI HD PCI cards are supposed to cost between the $200 and $250 range.
I guess the AIW cards will add atleast $100 to current prices.
I don't know how many folks here use TV Tuner cards, but from my experience, the AIW cards take up too many CPU cycles when recording live tv. Its coz they use software to encode vs. the Happauge cards which have a dedicated chip bringing cpu utilization down to 2% max.
Any idea whether recording HD quality will require more or less cpu power?
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