Hi, I am considering embarking on the building of my second mythtv box. I have the CoolerMaster Cavalier T02 case (http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=CAV-T02&other_title=+CAV-T02+Cavalier%202) already purchased for this and a P4 2.8 or 2.6 around somewhere. Where I am hung up is on video card and capture card.
Currently I am using a nVidia FX5600 with a DVI to HDMI cable. I have seen some of the newer nVidia cards come with component out. How would the component out quality compare to HDMI at 720x480? Anyone with comparitive experience with the results? Which models would be a good choice? Also, for a capture card, I currently use the PVR-250. Its tried and true with stable drivers, but is there anything out there that will give better SD results? A friend has a MCE box and he said the Sapphire Theatrix 550 was "noticeably better" than the PVR 150MCE he originally tried. But there's no Linux drivers. Is this planned any time soon? Anyone know how the quality compares? My goals with this box are for it to be more quiet with better SD quality. My current box is quiet enough, but more quiet is the "challenge" goal. (I am going to use the Baracuda 7200.7 200GB PATA drive as its rated well as a quiet drive). By the way, the Cavalier case is quite nice, the purple strip on the front that shows up really purply on the website is nowhere near as purple in real life. Thanks Robin _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
