Metcarob's Windows MCE vs Linux MCE Comparison

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I have both a Windows XP Media centre PC and a LinuxMCE PC set up in my living room attached to my TV. I am hoping to replace the windows Media centre PC but before I do this I need to ensure that LinuxMCE is up to the job of replacing it. I am hoping the LinuxMCE community will be able to assist me with advice on how to get LinuxMCE performing the way I want it. For this reason I have created this page comparing the two highlighting areas where the LinuxMCE set up is not currently living up to my requirements.

Base Systems

Windows Media CentreLinuxMCE
Motherboard Abit AA8-Duramax
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=AA8-DuraMAX&fMTYPE=LGA775
06/12/2004-i925X-W83627-6A79FA19C-12
Processor Intel(R) Pentuim(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz
RAM
Graphics Card NVidia Geforce 6600GT
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6600.html
External Network Card On Motherboard
Internal Network Card None EtherFast Lan Adapter SP2500RS 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation
http://www.micronet.info/model_detail.aspx?series_no=5&sno=211
TV Capture Card 1 Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T500 Dual Digital Tuner
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500
Not the diversity model
TV Capture Card 2 None
Hard Disk Seegate Barracuda 7200.8 500Gb
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=46cc99f4fa74c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US&reqPage=Model&modelReqTab=TechSpecs