Actually I have one of the 1 Ghz VIA Nehemiah M10000 boards. It has the built in 5.1 channel surround sound and mpeg4 hardware decoding. I used a half-height Yaun MPG-600 off newegg.com (hard to find, they sell out quickly) which uses the same hardware (for the most part) as the happauge pvr-250. It works really nicely as a surround sound dvd player/tv/music player/etc. using the www.myhtpc.net (freeware) interface.
I am attending a community college for networking major (2 yr degree) after that i will probably transfer to a REAL college for more training in CIS (computer information systems). Hopefully this is the right route to go for a low budget!
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Actually I have one of the 1 Ghz VIA Nehemiah M10000 boards. It has the built in 5.1 channel surround sound and mpeg4 hardware decoding. I used a half-height Yaun MPG-600 off newegg.com (hard to find, they sell out quickly) which uses the same hardware (for the most part) as the happauge pvr-250. It works really nicely as a surround sound dvd player/tv/music player/etc. using the www.myhtpc.net (freeware) interface.
I am attending a community college for networking major (2 yr degree) after that i will probably transfer to a REAL college for more training in CIS (computer information systems). Hopefully this is the right route to go for a low budget!