05-29-2008, 04:22 PM
Second the Newegg website or tigerdirect.com or sickdeals.com
On a side note, if you want to turn a computer into a DVR for HDTV content you will need something rather beefy. HD content is rather large and requires alot of CPU power to reproduce. Just for reference a computer I tried to use is a 2.4ghz AMD Athlon XP with 2GB of RAM and a SATA 250GB Hard Drive, ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB. Whenever I went to play something in HD the CPU would max out and the picture would start to jitter and soon the audio would be out of sync.
Right now I use my MacBook Pro which is a 2ghz Core 2 Duo, bought a 25ft HDMI cable from monoprice.com for 20 bucks, and a DVI to HDMI converter for 4 bucks. To get 5.1 surround I also got a 25ft Optical Cable. Now i'm able to play HD content.
If your not worried about HD then any old computer can handle Standard def.
On a side note, if you want to turn a computer into a DVR for HDTV content you will need something rather beefy. HD content is rather large and requires alot of CPU power to reproduce. Just for reference a computer I tried to use is a 2.4ghz AMD Athlon XP with 2GB of RAM and a SATA 250GB Hard Drive, ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB. Whenever I went to play something in HD the CPU would max out and the picture would start to jitter and soon the audio would be out of sync.
Right now I use my MacBook Pro which is a 2ghz Core 2 Duo, bought a 25ft HDMI cable from monoprice.com for 20 bucks, and a DVI to HDMI converter for 4 bucks. To get 5.1 surround I also got a 25ft Optical Cable. Now i'm able to play HD content.
If your not worried about HD then any old computer can handle Standard def.