Looks nice
The I7 (and accompanying HW) might be a bit overkill for the task at hand.
I'd think about dropping that down and upping the video card so you can
do advanced 2x hw deinterlacing of 1080i stuff.
That or put the money in your pocket ;->
Only think I have noticed though is I was runnin
Well now if this isn't relevant to my interests.
I am in the process of building a new mythbox (the old one is getting on, p3
1ghz with 768mb of ram) too, and have managed to get the missus to approve
~1700. I want to use it for a few Virtual servers as well, probably run KVM.
Most of this is from
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:41:45AM +1100, Mike Andy wrote:
> By the way what did you decide for with your IR Receiver John?
I was going to buy a Silverstone LC10-E, but I now think I'll get an
LC16M which includes an IR receiver (unless the DVD drive bay in the
LC16M interferes with the video car
eaper.
>
> Luke
>
> -Original Message-
> From: slug-boun...@slug.org.au [mailto:slug-boun...@slug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Jake Anderson
> Sent: Sunday, 15 November 2009 11:35 PM
> To: slug@slug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] MythTV hardware advice sought
>
>
, 15 November 2009 11:35 PM
To: slug@slug.org.au
Subject: Re: [SLUG] MythTV hardware advice sought
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 proba
John Clarke wrote:
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,
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
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 mak
To: SLUG
Subject: Re: [SLUG] MythTV hardware advice sought
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://mythi
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
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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 the
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 gre
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
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
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:05:37AM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote:
Jake,
Thanks for your input, much appreciated.
> 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 want HDMI video to the TV (LCD, 1080p), eit
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:19:29AM +0800, jam wrote:
James,
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your input.
> Rather than 'saying you oughta ...' this is what I'd do and why ...
>
> a) I'd run back and front end of different machines
I'd thought of doing that, but because the TV and aerial ca
John Clarke wrote:
The box will be both back and front end and will be in the lounge room
in the cabinet with the amps, dvd player, etc, so it'll need to be
fairly quiet, especially when idle, but I don't want to hear much when
it's running either. It's going to be inside a cabinet so doesn't ha
On Saturday 14 November 2009 02:26:52 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
> I'm planning to build a MythTV box & have come up with what I think is
> suitable hardware to run it on, but I'm hoping that those of you with
> MythTV experience will point out anything I've got wrong.
>
> The box will be both
Greetings Sluggers,
I'm planning to build a MythTV box & have come up with what I think is
suitable hardware to run it on, but I'm hoping that those of you with
MythTV experience will point out anything I've got wrong.
The box will be both back and front end and will be in the lounge room
in the
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