I would like to build my own PVR using a spare Pentium III 500 MHz box that I have. I thought that the WinTV 350 would be the best bet since it has hardware encoding/decoding to take the strain off of the processor. However, the Hauppauge site says that the minimum processor requirement is 733MHz. The box would be completely devoted to PVR functionality with nothing else going on. I thought about trying it anyway, but I don't want it to be jumpy when watching live tv. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
My pvr350 box says the minimum requirements are PII 500mHz or higher *shrug*
Ya might be cutting it close... but perhaps if you have judicious amounts of ram, a well tweaked/streamlined OS install and a lighter weight PVR proggie... maybe it'll work... I think where (if) you'll have an issue is recording one show while playing another pre-recorded show... even then... *shrug*
what software/OS were you looking to install /run?
Good luck! You might be cutting it close but maybe you'll get lucky?
Rampy
PS if you DO go forward and give it a shot, DO come back and tell us how it did on the 500 pIII!
