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[Criggie]

matthew pearce wrote:
> How does this hardware sound for a mythbox
> Dell optiplex GX50 comprised of
> -1.2Ghz Celeron
> -120gb hard drive
> -DVD reader/writer
> -256Mb of Ram. (would there be much gained if I had 512?)

Fine starting point.  I had 120 GB of disk to begin with, which was fine
for months.  Then  250 GB wasn't enough.  Now I'm on a 500 GB which is 95%
full.

CPU is okay, but transcoding and so on will take a while.  Expect to leave
it on permanently for convenience.

Extra ram is wasted.  Mine has two PVR-150s and uses about 250 MB ram. 
Would be good if the box did other things too.

> -A Hauppauge Win tv PVR 150/250/350/500 (which would be the best for
> watching free to air tv (no freeview/sky)

PVR 150 or 500 is all you want - the other two are older, cost more, and
are not as good.  A 500 is essentially two 150s and a powered splitter on
the PCI card, so its a good idea.

> -Some sort of PCI NVidia graphics card with s-video out do I can
> change it to composite. (is this necessary. The Optiplex has a onboard
> graphics card and it seems as though you can get VGA to S-Video
> converters. However currently knoppmyth will not start X. I havent
> tried very hard yet though.

Do you have the TV to connect already?  I use a 19" LCD which is a little
small - works perfectly for my small house.


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