Help Finding A Dual Core CPU

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, im new to the site

anyways i want to buy a HD PVR but my laptop doesnt meet the system requirements needed, all i want to do is record it on my laptop and than transfer the files to my desktop pc so no editing or any other software will be needed on my laptop

heres the laptop i own

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/specifications/index.aspx?m=VGN-A417S&l=en_GB (it sais SP2 on it but im going to install SP3 which is needed for the HD PVR to work aswell)

and heres the HD PVR system requirements

Hauppauge Computer Works Ltd : HD PVR

can someone please find me an intel for my laptop to work fully with the HD PVR...im not good with computers and pretty much dont understand anything like this so please no complicated phrases lol, i wont understand because i dont know anything about computers technical wise

and im not sure if i just need a new intel, do i need anything else or just the dual core cpu?

thanks

 

HD PVR does all the recording and encoding to its internal hard drive, you do not need laptop for that. Fast dual-core CPU requirement you saw on HD PVR page is to watch (decode) H.264-encoded video. If you are going to watch it on desktop, then that's where you need fast processor. You can actually transfer recorded/encoded video directly from PVR to desktop through USB.

As far as I understand, you do not need any computer connected to PVR to operate it, just use remote control and menus on TV connected to PVR.

 

Well, it depends. If you are going to do things like re-save taped programs with commercials removed, or change encoding type to save disk space, a good PC is useful.

 

HD-PVR is not a computer and does not have a hard drive. It requires a PC.

 

no no lol, what im going to do is record my gameplay off of xbox

all im going to do with my laptop is connect it to the HD PVR which will connect to my TV and XBOX, record while im playing and stop when im done. Than the finished videos i will transfer to my desktop PC for me to edit and complete, im not going to do ANYTHING to my laptop apart from capture video

 

That depends on what you buy. I think only the Hauppauge one comes without a HD (it's really only an external graphics input box, not a PVR in any sane sense of the word). The Moxi HD DVR certainly does have a built-in hard drive, and does all the encoding for you. So does Tivo HD, and I'm pretty sure that the Sony ones did too.

 

Arth OP says he's buying an Hauppauge HD-PVR to record to his laptop and specifically linked to it. That is a PC solution. I don't think he's inquiring about the Moxi and Sony solutions.

 

whats the Moxi HD DVR, Trivo HD & the Sony one?

i dont really need the HD PVR in particular but thats the most common which is why i said it

if the Moxi HD DVR, Trivo HD or the Sony one does what i need to do can some tell me some extra information, like if i will need extra cables and stuff?

all im going to do is connect it to my xbox, laptop and tv so i can record the gameplay of my xbox/tv and itll save on the laptop, than im going to transfer the saved clips to my desktop pc which has much better specs to edit and complete and upload to youtube

heres my laptop specs to see if itll work
Vaio : Sony Europe : Specifications

 

Well, the 915 chipset in your VAIO was designed only for single-core Pentium Ms.
No dual-core CPUs are available for your system, unfortunately.
*scampers back to Acer forum*