[mythtvnz] MythTV-NZ Recommended Hardware List (was: Budget Myth spec)

[Dean Pemberton]

We have hardware questions on the list from time to time and a lot of 
them boil down to..
"Whats the recommended hardware for....."

Is it worth spending some time working out the MythTV-NZ recommended 
machine (or set of machines) so that we can get Steven to put the list 
up on the web and point people to it?


We could change it when new things come out, but it would serve to be a 
good baseline.  I think we should look at recommending for 3 systems.

1) All in one machine to do composite out, SD, and DVB-S
2) Cut-down,  small form factor, quiet frontend only
3) Hell machine to do HD (the stuff which will currently play anyway) 
out of HDMI and take DVB-S and DVB-T input

Let the suggestions commence......


Dean





Paolo Edgerton Bachmann wrote:
> I was just cruising pricespy and couldn't help but notice the price of
> potential myth boxes is suitably small these days.
>
> AMD 4800+ = $99 - retail
> Asus M2N-VM HDMI = $121
> 2gb ram = $50
> 320GB Seagate = 86.60 or 500GB WD = $112 both 7200 16
> Pick you DVD Writer = $40
> Case as you wish <$90
> Tuner $100-140 depending on what you go with
> all up 589 with 320Gb or just over 600 with the 500.
>
> I don't have any personal experience with the nvidia integrated HDMI
> but anecdotal evidence online suggests its good.
>
> If only I had 2 thirds of a grand to play with... and the time.
>
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