Chris Lopeman wrote:
Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 03:57:53PM -0500, Chris Lopeman wrote:
Is anybody successfully using mythTV on a regular basis? I just
don't
want to put something together that is going to have problems
with
basic functionality every other day. Or is gonna work but look
like
crap on my TV.
Sure, there are lots of people.
If you're buying everything from scratch, and you take advice from the
right people, you stand a *much* better chance of ending up with an
appliance.
Is a little Linux background helpful? Sure.
Will everything go perfectly? Probably not.
Does everything go perfectly with a TiVo? Probably not, either.
Is the extra functionality worth the time? Lots of people think so,
including my sister, who, while she's pretty sharp, really mostly wants
it to be an appliance as well.
Is this sort of question-talking annoying? You bet. :-)
Stick with hardware-MPEG cards like the PVR-250, pick the right
VGA/NTSC-out card and distribution, and avoid the pinch-y chipsets on
motherboards, and you shouldn't have too much trouble.
Cheers,
-- jra
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Wow, Thanks for all the great and fast responses.
Several of you stressed the importance of the right hardware to make
things go smoothly. Here the PVR-250 was even mentioned. However, I
don't think I can use the PVR-250 because I don't think it can handle
OTA HDTV. And in the previous responses I don't think anybody
mentioned using HDTV. So maybe the first follow-up question should
be, Are any of you using it successfully with HDTV?
Assuming the answer is yes, I would like to start specifying
hardware. So maybe I should explain what I expect minimally from
Myth. I would like to setup _*ONE *_box that can record one HDTV show
(probably 1080i or 720p) while being able to pause live HDTV (same
resolution) for another show or watch a DVD. I have seen some posts
here that imply that MythTV/the hardware chokes under this kind of
treasure. Hopefully this is not the case for Myth and it is just bad
hardware. All of this needs to work with my Toshiba 62hm94 (in HD of
course).
So based on what I minimally expect from Myth. Please help me spec the
box.
Minimal Processor speed? Probably AMD (to cut down on heat and noise)?
HD Tuner Card (I'll start with just one to get things working.)?
Video Card?
I don't know if a specific DVD drive matters, but if it does please
recommend one?
Oops forgot to ask about sound card. 7.1 optical output I would assume?
Thanks,
Chris Lopeman
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