[mythtvnz] My New Setup

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:40 AM, David Kirk <davidrkirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I posted a while ago asking about hardware recommendations for my
> first MythTV box.  I thought I should report in and let you all know
> how I got on.
>
> My setup is a backend/frontend in the same box.  I know it would be
> better to separate them out, but getting ethernet to where the TV is
> would just be too hard.  And, the GF looked at me a bit funny when I
> mentioned that we would need 2 boxes for watching TV.
>
> I got a Antec NSK1480 case and put a Gigabyte GA-M85M-U2SH motherboard
> in it.  The motherboard has a NVidia GeForce 8200 chipset built in.
> That motherboard was very hard to get hold of.  There were a few
> online vendors who showed that they had them, but when it came time to
> order, they didn't have the stock and couldn't get it.  I ended up
> getting it from Global PC for a lot more that it was being advertised
> everywhere else (even after the discount they gave me).  What's really
> disappointing though, is that there are some other cheaper
> motherboards available with GeForce 7xxx chipsets on them.  Aparently
> they also support VDPAU.  Too late, it's done now.

7xxx chipsets do NOT support VDPAU. They might support some
acceleration under windows but that is no use to you.
[snip]

>
> My biggest issue is still with connecting to the TV.  It is a
> Panasonic CRT and it doesn't have any digital inputs.

Probably answered in the previous threads but what inputs DOES it have?

> My motherboard
> doesn't have any analogue outputs, so I'm still running on my 17" LCD
> monitor.  I think I'm going to have to just go out and buy a new TV
> with HDMI inputs.  I was reading a comparison of LCD vs Plasma TV's
> last night and each has it pro's and con's.  I've always thought LCD
> was better than plasma, but the smooth motion and cheaper prices of
> the plasmas are starting to look good.  Even the 100Hz LCD's still
> seem to stutter a bit with scenes where they pan across a landscape or
> something like that.  Ugh!  So many decisions!
>
> Anyway thanks to everyone who helped with recommendations.  You'll
> probably see a few questions from me soon :-)
>
>
> Thanks
>
> David Kirk
>
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