Finally finished my HTPC. I decided to not go the Linux route simply because I wanted the best hardware now which isn’t supported yet. Hopefully later I will switch to Linux. I’m using Vista Home, which is surprisingly better than I expected (especially with the bad press).

I highly recommend the Antec Fusion case. I’m extremely pleased with it. Great layout, very very quiet.

I’ve had two strange problems with Vista Media Center PVR:
1) for 2 days it was recording video without the sound. I rebooted the computer and it worked again
2) Some movies on some stations must have digital rights management because the screen gets blurred out on playback.