John Clarke wrote:
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:05:37AM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote:
Jake,
Thanks for your input, much appreciated.
No worries,
you probably want a silverstone case. They have some nice ones.
They have some ugly ones too :-) I was thinking of buying an LC10-E.
I
I have never used nor affiliated with them but someone pointed me their
way when I was thinking about a mythtv box and was worried about months
of hardware research/cross checking/pricing etc
There is a open platform called Dragon
http://mythic.tv/index.php/dragon-v2-0.html
and a company in Aus
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:34:57PM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote:
Hi Jake,
Many audio amps that have hdmi ports don't actually decode the audio on
the hdmi channel, just something to be wary of.
Thanks, but the HDMI is for the TV, and it does support audio over
HDMI. I'll be using S/PDIF for
On Monday 16 November 2009 09:00:05 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
a) I'd run back and front end of different machines
I'd thought of doing that, but because the TV and aerial cable are in
the same room, I'd still have to make this machine both fron and back
end, so I don't see any great
John Clarke wrote:
True, but even with a dual core it's going to be the most powerful
computer in the house :-)
I use a dual-core machine without any major issue. I find it's not so
much the ad skipping, but the transcoding that takes all the CPU time.
If you're not intending to transcode
Not MythTV but may be of interest anyway
How to Build a High Definition HTPC for $500 (using XBMC)
http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2810841
Bill
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Greetings John
Here is a business idea
Once you have these questions answered, why not create a Letter to Santa
in which you could advertise the benefits of such a package...
It could interest a few people, I think.
Then, yourself or another one of Santa's helpers could install, ready to
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:29:14AM +0800, jam wrote:
On Monday 16 November 2009 09:00:05 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
a) I'd run back and front end of different machines
I'd thought of doing that, but because the TV and aerial cable are in
the same room, I'd still have to make this
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 05:45:52PM +1100, I wrote:
Advice and suggestions will be gratefully received. I'd like to order
the hardware next week, and I'd appreciate knowing that I've chosen
badly *before* I part with the money :-)
Thanks to everyone who replied. You've given me some useful
