Do you have to buy a cablecard yourself? Here in San Diego TimeWarner apparently will lease it for $2.50 a month which I find kind of hard to believe its so cheap. Anyone have experience with these cablecards? I hope it doesn’t require some DRM software to take over my machine. I will be setting everything up on a Linux system so I wonder if that will be a problem. Also what interface do these cards plug into? Do I need some type of adapter or is there PCI-x slots or similar?
Thanks, ------------------------------------------ Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) Sr. Security Researcher Websense Security Labs http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com ------------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:11 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Suggested HTPC Setup One minor point I'd like to make: Confirm that you can receive a strong TV signal for the reception mode you are going to use. (i.e. OTA/Sat/Cable). I bought a an ATI TV card, hooked it up to an antenna only to find my OTA reception is barely acceptable where I live (for the dozen or so channels that are available)... and so my HTPC lacks PVR/Live capability, unless I choose to spring for cablecard. -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Mesdaq, Ali Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:51 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Suggested HTPC Setup Hey Everyone, I am looking into putting together a HTPC system together and I am at the stage of planning it out. I have been looking stuff up online and reading docs and I think I have an idea of how the software should be setup. My basic requirements are: - Nice interface - Easy access to online content - Ability to remotely stream my content (slingbox'ish) - DVR replacement Nice to have features: - Notification of new online content - Remote streaming optimized for mobile (nokia n900) and laptops - Ability to record and locally store online content So for the software I was thinking of using: - xbmc as the frontend for everything - mythtv as the backend pvr However I am not sure I have found a good solution for doing the remote viewing of the content especially have not found anything that can optimize the remote streaming. For the hardware I was basically thinking of putting together a smaller quieter system but not sure if everything will fit in those smaller cases. Also it would be nice to have a remote so probably something that can accommodate that will be nice. Also I am not sure about best video card for the job as well as what tv tuner card I should get. I was thinking of setting the system up with either usb flash drive or ssd (if its cost effective) for booting and having another larger slower drive to store the content on. So I would love to hear from people here who have suggestions on software/hardware/configurations to help accomplish this. ALI MESDAQ Sr. Security Researcher WEBSENSE, INC. ph: +1.858.320.9466 fax: +1.858.784.4466 www.websense.com Websense TRITON™ For Essential Information Protection™ Web Security | Data Security | Email Security Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com
