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<blockquote data-quote="pgh13" data-source="post: 735027" data-attributes="member: 191774">Hi and welcome to the forum.A few comments on your questions......HTPC = home theatre PC. PVR = personal video recorder Dual satellite tuners..... still not too many about, but there's the PCTV 4000i, which is PCI and not HD, around £80 and the TBS 6981 which is PCIe and HD at around £170. Haven't used either but if you Google those you'll see lots of comments. There are quite a few dual tuner PVRs around if you don;t want to go DIY PC route.Any new TV is going to be HD now and will come with DVB-T (like it or not) tuner and prices seem to keep falling but how long that will last is anyone's guess. 3 x HDMI is quite common now.Not sure if PC HDMI output combines sound so you may need separate sound connection to TV but that is usually catered for in TV inputsIf you want more than the free UK channels then you're looking at S_y or a pricey foreign subscription.Smallish dish is OK for UK based stuff but is limiting if you're thinking of going motorised. 80cm is probably a more realistic size. Quad LNB is more common and gives 2 spare for other roomsCouple of places to look ....BYOPVR as in build your own PVR. GBPVR which is a Windows based media centre projectDownsides of HTPC - getting it quiet enough for under TV use. Price of pretty casesUpsides - Nobody else has one quite like yours. Can store your music and photos. You can view/listen around the house through cat5 / Wi-Fi</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pgh13, post: 735027, member: 191774"] Hi and welcome to the forum. A few comments on your questions...... HTPC = home theatre PC. PVR = personal video recorder Dual satellite tuners..... still not too many about, but there's the PCTV 4000i, which is PCI and not HD, around £80 and the TBS 6981 which is PCIe and HD at around £170. Haven't used either but if you Google those you'll see lots of comments. There are quite a few dual tuner PVRs around if you don;t want to go DIY PC route. Any new TV is going to be HD now and will come with DVB-T (like it or not) tuner and prices seem to keep falling but how long that will last is anyone's guess. 3 x HDMI is quite common now. Not sure if PC HDMI output combines sound so you may need separate sound connection to TV but that is usually catered for in TV inputs If you want more than the free UK channels then you're looking at S_y or a pricey foreign subscription. Smallish dish is OK for UK based stuff but is limiting if you're thinking of going motorised. 80cm is probably a more realistic size. Quad LNB is more common and gives 2 spare for other rooms Couple of places to look ....BYOPVR as in build your own PVR. GBPVR which is a Windows based media centre project Downsides of HTPC - getting it quiet enough for under TV use. Price of pretty cases Upsides - Nobody else has one quite like yours. Can store your music and photos. You can view/listen around the house through cat5 / Wi-Fi [/QUOTE]

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