Another Upgrade Question

I have an extra 6 yr old 'puter with AGP (Radeon all in wonder 7500), PATA, (4 of 80mb hd's), Intel P4 2.53ghz, 2 mb Ram, old DVD player, Thermaltake X-II case, good fans, etc. Runs pretty well with XP Pro. Exactly what would I need to add to make it a viable recorder and playback for DVD's & Blu Rays to my new Samsung LN40A550. Currently no DVI, Component, Composite out on 'puter, just S-Video!

Tuner and type? Or can I use tuner in Samsung?

Larger DVD/BluRay player/recorder?

Larger HDD?

Wireless router (nearest ethernet is about 40' to 50'; Cable company jack is right there. I have 2 other 'puters that are hard ethernet wired to router, and they work great. Where should an additional wireless router go exactly?

Software needed or desired?

I built my last 'puter (E8400 w/ Xeon cpu, Xigmatech S-1234 cooler, gigabyte P35 mobo, 4gb Ram, etc, and all went smoothly, otherwise I quess I'm a noobie with fat aging hands! Any help or references would be great. Not a gamer, online or not. Maily record and play movies, tv shows, photo albums, etc. Thanks, Rick

Does your old system have SATAII connection ports? You'll need one for a Blu-Ray Drive unless you want to go with an external drive.

Aside from that, I'd recommend getting a Hauppage WinTV-HVR 1600 (PCI connection/ATSC-ClearQam-NTSC tuners) and an AMD/ATI HD 3650 (AGP) to replace your old Radeon All-In-WOnder 7500.

-Wolf sends

I don't know if you'll get smooth playback running through an IDE port. I just don't know.

One last thing. Check your power supply to see if it's enough for the graphics card I mentioned.

-Wolf sends