i would look at the media center emachine, as everyone that posts here will probably reconmend that. any gateway, with media center edition, includes a tv tuner and fm turner, and you can pimp the hell out of them. check my profile for what i did with mine. ![]()
you can get a decent pc from monarch, with pvr with a good mobo case ram and hdd for, well, maybe not under $1000 so i guess that rules that out.
i would go with this,
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7261429&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat60700050019&id=1117176782087
it will be slightly over your budget with tax but dual core will be worth it in the future.
konny
I'm looking for a sub-$1000 system from a major computer manufacturer which I can upgrade later. I would consider Monarch if I could understand the ins and outs of picking case/motherboard/processor/etc. This is why I am ruling out right now the suggestion of anyone that I build my own.
I want a computer with a TV tuner and PVR capability. My idea is to take a minimal package with 512RAM and integrated audio and video and upgrade to at least a gig of RAM and decent audio and video cards around December or January. I would rather just go ahead and put anything left in my budget toward getting the largest hard drive possible, since replacing/adding a hard drive is the most annoying task I've ever had to do with a computer.

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