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Polywell MiniBox 939NP (Media Center) Polywell MiniBox 939NP (Media Center) : We take a look at a complete MCE system from Polywell that uses NVIDIA's latest C51 chipset.
Date: January 13, 2006
Manufacturer: Polywell
Written By: Hubert Wong
Price: $1833 USD

Doom 3

Far Cry

Unreal Tournament 2004

It pretty much comes as no surprise that onboard video will not do for enthusiasts. Understanding that the X1800 XL is not a competitor to the 6150 GPU, anyone looking to game casually may want to consider resolutions lower than 800x600.

TV Capture Quality

Setting up the NVIDIA tuner was already done though configuring our PVR for MCE 2005 was a little tougher than I expected it to be. This is no fault of Polywell though, and we were able to figure this out without contacting tech support. We did a screen grab of a children's show and compared the quality to an ATI Theater 550 TV tuner.

eVGA nVIDIA NVTV TV Tuner Card

And on to ATI...

MSI Theater 550 Pro Tuner Card

It's pretty plain to see that the Theater 550 provides a much sharper and cleaner image. Based on several other reviews I've seen online, the eVGA tuner is one of the weaker options on the market in terms of image quality.

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