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Polywell
MiniBox 939NP (Media Center) :
We take a look at a complete MCE system from Polywell that uses
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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 |
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And on to ATI...
| MSI Theater 550 Pro Tuner Card |
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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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