[mythtvnz] Just how cheap could you build a system? Possibly OT.

[David Moore]

On 06/06/12 20:45, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Nick Rout<nick.rout at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Does he record at present? Does he want to? I find many people who
>>> can't use a VCR. I find people who could use a VCR but have no clue
>>> about using their DVD or hard drive recorders. Maybe a DVR will be too
>>> complex for him.
>>>
>>> In which case a simple DVB-S/DVB-T set top box may be sufficient.
>>
>> Having said that the Magic box recommended by someone else has a great
>> reputation.
>
> If I wanted to build a cheap but slightly limited system I would get a
> dual core revo for around $450 from trademe. It will have a 320G hard
> drive and if you get the right model will have USB3 or eSata for an
> external drive, usb2 in any event. In other words easy to add further
> storage.
>
> Add a USB DVB-T tuner for under $100 and one of these remotes for
> $13US http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
>
> That's less than the magic box but only has one tuner, unless you find
> a dual tuner USB job - not sure if they exist. You could really do
> with 3 tuners for DVB-T (as there are 3 muxes). Adding a HDHR will get
> you 2 more (or get one to start with - I am not sure of the new NZ
> price.)
>
> Things get more complex if he doesn't have hdmi on his TV, as a decent
> video card (ie nvidia with vdpau support) with analogue out is hard to
> find. But if you have to buy a new TV get one like an LG with built in
> freeview and ability to record to USB hard drive (but I guess only one
> tuner, don't know if it can multirec).
>

Thanks for the info. The TV is a CRT which he's perfectly happy with 
now. So no digital inputs. Which probably makes the myth solution a 
non-starter.