Hi All,

been scabbing info from here for ages... thanks!! 8) ...and thought it about time I signed up.
I've recently joined the HTPC wagon a few months back, and like others have been pulling my hair out with Freeview|HD and hardware acceleration...surprise - surprise! ...not to mention my stint with MythTV = very late nights!

Anyways, the end is near... just flicked off my ASUS ATI HD2400 PRO for $40 (doh!) ...and am looking at the NVidia 9400GT or 9600GT...silent models

My system is:
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+
2GB RAM
Asus M2N-VM Mobo
Haupuage NOVA-T-500
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Marantz SR6003 receiver
Wharfedale Diamond-9, 5.1 system
Samsung LA46N81B 46" 1080p LCD

Background (geek stuff):
used to be a software developer... UNIX, C#, VB, SQL....blah blah
now workin in AV as AMX (control systems) programmer and consultant.... Programming toys = way more fun! 8)

So, lookin forward to scabbing more info from ya... and maybe be of help to others... and keep you posted on my epic geek sagas

choice!