marc25
New Member
I'm curious to know what kind of computer and what setup is used to record the Top Gear episodes listed on final gear.
I've assemble a HTPC a few month ago (same week as the release of the 1080P special episode of top gear ). The playback performance is perfect, the polar challenge in full resolution run smooth and the image is awsome on my 42'' LCD. However, the recording performance of this computer is good but not great. The quality of my record are far from those i've seen on this site.
I'm very interested to know what hardware is use to record those emission (tv-tuner card brand and model), computer spec, how everything is hooked together and what programs are used.
For those who may have sugestions for me, here's my setup:
my HTPC:
Mobo: Biostar Tforce TA690G with amd 690g chipset and ATI Radeon X1250 On-Board Graphic (great MoBo for this application especialy with the HDMI connector)
Processor: AMD athlon 64 x2 3600+
Memory: Mushkin PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 (512MB are use for the on-board graphic card)
Primary HD: 500Go Western Digital Caviar GP (Green Power)
Secondary HD: 500Go Western Digital Caviar SE
Optical drive: Sony DRU-830
PSU: Seasonic S12 330w
TV-tuner: Hauppauge HVR-1600 MCE
Wireless adaptor: D-Link DWL-G520
Case : ThermalTake LanBox lite
Everything run stock (no overclocking)
My 42'' Sharp Aquos LCD tv is connect to the HTPC using high quality monster HDMI cable, but since i've never seen a Tv-Tuner card with a HDMI input, my HTPC is connected to the digital decoder of my cable company using good quality (monster) cable a s-video cable and white/red audio component cable.
I use windows xp media center to record television program.
Also, I plan to install a Blu-Ray Driver as soon as price drop a bit, can anybody tell me if any upgrade will be necessary to play Blu-ray disc smoothly? Can my on-board graphic card with his 512mb shared memory can handle the job or should i plan a video card as well?
I've assemble a HTPC a few month ago (same week as the release of the 1080P special episode of top gear ). The playback performance is perfect, the polar challenge in full resolution run smooth and the image is awsome on my 42'' LCD. However, the recording performance of this computer is good but not great. The quality of my record are far from those i've seen on this site.
I'm very interested to know what hardware is use to record those emission (tv-tuner card brand and model), computer spec, how everything is hooked together and what programs are used.
For those who may have sugestions for me, here's my setup:
my HTPC:
Mobo: Biostar Tforce TA690G with amd 690g chipset and ATI Radeon X1250 On-Board Graphic (great MoBo for this application especialy with the HDMI connector)
Processor: AMD athlon 64 x2 3600+
Memory: Mushkin PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 (512MB are use for the on-board graphic card)
Primary HD: 500Go Western Digital Caviar GP (Green Power)
Secondary HD: 500Go Western Digital Caviar SE
Optical drive: Sony DRU-830
PSU: Seasonic S12 330w
TV-tuner: Hauppauge HVR-1600 MCE
Wireless adaptor: D-Link DWL-G520
Case : ThermalTake LanBox lite
Everything run stock (no overclocking)
My 42'' Sharp Aquos LCD tv is connect to the HTPC using high quality monster HDMI cable, but since i've never seen a Tv-Tuner card with a HDMI input, my HTPC is connected to the digital decoder of my cable company using good quality (monster) cable a s-video cable and white/red audio component cable.
I use windows xp media center to record television program.
Also, I plan to install a Blu-Ray Driver as soon as price drop a bit, can anybody tell me if any upgrade will be necessary to play Blu-ray disc smoothly? Can my on-board graphic card with his 512mb shared memory can handle the job or should i plan a video card as well?