Digital T.V. tuners vs All-In-Wonder cards

brduk · Sep 22, 2005, 03:18 PM

I'm starting out on a project to build a Media Centre, being in the U.K. I will want to pick up Freeview channels (which is a Free to Air digital T.V. service for those outside the U.K.)

I was looking for components for my built and was originally planning on using an All-in-wonder card and a digital tuner, like the SweetSpot MCE, however, I got thinking do I really need an All-in-Wonder card if I will be using the Freeview tuner?

I appreciate I will still need a graphics card, that said, the Microstar K8MM-ILSR (MS-6741) I am planning on using has a K8M800 Chipset with integrated graphics, so could I rely solely on the Digital Tuner and onboard graphics processor for a stable set-up?

All advice appreciated.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 22, 2005, 08:50 PM

Yes, you could, so long as you're not doigng any gaming.

ROBSCIX · Oct 9, 2005, 11:15 PM

also that integrated Video Solution you r speaking of..does it have video input? You can get a all in wonder and set it to use the RCA inputs from your external digital tuner. As was also mentioned then you have a bit of a better GFX card incase you would like to play some games on the HTPC..BTW you also get a remote with the AIW...

Sep 22, 2005, 03:18 PM	#1
brduk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Digital T.V. tuners vs All-In-Wonder cards I'm starting out on a project to build a Media Centre, being in the U.K. I will want to pick up Freeview channels (which is a Free to Air digital T.V. service for those outside the U.K.) I was looking for components for my built and was originally planning on using an All-in-wonder card and a digital tuner, like the SweetSpot MCE, however, I got thinking do I really need an All-in-Wonder card if I will be using the Freeview tuner? I appreciate I will still need a graphics card, that said, the Microstar K8MM-ILSR (MS-6741) I am planning on using has a K8M800 Chipset with integrated graphics, so could I rely solely on the Digital Tuner and onboard graphics processor for a stable set-up? All advice appreciated. __________________ Microstar MS-6390 Mobo AMD XP2200+ 1.81GHz CPU 768MB PC2100 Ram 64MB GeForce 4 MX440 AGP8x 60GB Seagate 7200RPM ATA Hard Drive 40GB IBM Deskstar 7200 ATA Drive in USB2 Enclosure NEC 2510A DVD-RW - v2.17 Matsushita CW-8572 CD-RW/DVD-Rom

Sep 22, 2005, 08:50 PM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Yes, you could, so long as you're not doigng any gaming.

Oct 9, 2005, 11:15 PM	#3
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	also that integrated Video Solution you r speaking of..does it have video input? You can get a all in wonder and set it to use the RCA inputs from your external digital tuner. As was also mentioned then you have a bit of a better GFX card incase you would like to play some games on the HTPC..BTW you also get a remote with the AIW...