Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Craig Betts
It's true that there's only room for one optical and a single IDE no SATA (There might be SATA on the more expensive one with the ATI video). The noise issue, I think, is that the quiet mode is off by default in the BIOS settings, and it really howls, but once I turned on quiet mode, I can't hear

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Obie Fayth
Bob Cottingham wrote: > > ...I bought an MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard from > newegg for $63 with shipping. This motherboard is an nforce2 with onboard > sound and video and both svideo and rca out. It also has SATA... > ...I would suggest a Athlon XP-M 2400+ or 2500+ mobile processor for about >

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Bob Cottingham
Craig Betts wrote: > I built out of an ASUS Pundit-S, $115 on new egg, and a Celeron-D > processor, ~$70-80. A little bit pricier than the other suggestions given, > but the small case looks just like a DVD player, and Jarod's guide has > specific instructions for the pundit. I've been extremely

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Craig Betts
I built out of an ASUS Pundit-S, $115 on new egg, and a Celeron-D processor, ~$70-80. A little bit pricier than the other suggestions given, but the small case looks just like a DVD player, and Jarod's guide has specific instructions for the pundit. I've been extremely pleased with it so far On

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Bob Cottingham
Since I just went though building a new frontend, I thought I'd offer a few suggestions of my own. I bought an MSI K7N2GM2-LSR motherboard from newegg for $63 with shipping. This motherboard is an nforce2 with onboard sound and video and both svideo and rca out. It also has SATA. Newegg doesn't ap

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread James Oltman
I currently use an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe for my front end with an Athlon 2500+ and 512 MBs of RAM and an Chaintec FX5200 graphics card. I had no idea what to expect from Myth when I first bought this hardware but it is working out fine. Just a little loud for my tastes so I am thinking of replacing

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Richard Garnish
The VIA Mini ITX boards fit that niche - ~600-1200MHz processor depending on model, onboard Unichrome graphics with MPEG2 acceleration (supported by MythTV), SVideo or RCA video out, analogue or SPDIF audio, onboard ethernet, and various other options dependant on which board you choose. I can wat

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Andrew Close
On 5/25/05, Adam Pash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there any combination of motherboard (with onboard sound, and ethernet), > video card, and processor that anyone could recommend that would cost > somewhere in the $100-$200 range that are well-supported? i'm currently using the Chaintech 7NIF

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Adam Pash
Thanks for your replies.  Everything makes sense, but there's still one thing... as is, I'm not sure how well my existing soundcard, video card, and motherboard are going to work.  Actually, I know that the video card won't work, b/c it doesn't have any s-video or rca video outs.  But I don't think

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-25 Thread Andrew Close
On 5/24/05, Adam Pash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both. I'm > hoping to setup a system that I can use as an all-in-one (front-end + > backend) system. welcome to Linux and Myth. I've got an old pc (amd-k6 w/multi

Re: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-24 Thread Garry Cook
On 5/24/05, Adam Pash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both. I'm Welcome! > hoping to setup a system that I can use as an all-in-one (front-end + > backend) system. I've got an old pc (amd-k6 w/multimedia 300mhz, 288mb r

RE: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-24 Thread Jason Rhodes
v..version 3 drivers unstable..   From: Adam Pash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 9:55 AMTo: mythtv-users@mythtv.orgSubject: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions Hi everyone,I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both.  I'

[mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

2005-05-24 Thread Adam Pash
Hi everyone, I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both.  I'm hoping to setup a system that I can use as an all-in-one (front-end + backend) system.  I've got an old pc (amd-k6 w/multimedia 300mhz, 288mb ram, pvr-150 [from my other computer], dvd-rom) and I don't know if I'm r