[mythtvnz] Price estimate for new system

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
> Maybe I should bite the bullet and do this properly.
> I will give you a call Nick to have a beer and check out your system.
> A backend in the garage and multiple frontends might be the way to go.

That would be my approach :)

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> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I have lurked here for ages but I have to admit that WAF has been
>> >> pretty
>> >> good with the TiVo she bought a few years back so I have not used
>> >> MythTV for
>> >> quite a while.
>> >>
>> >> Now that her TiVo has died we have to decide on an alternative which
>> >> will
>> >> keep the WAF up.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone here recently built or priced a MythTV setup with the
>> >> following:-
>> >>
>> >> (I have no problem building it and following advice and instructions)
>> >>
>> >> Combined Frontend/Backend to sit under a TV
>> >> Reasonably small form factor
>> >> At least two tuners (DVB-T) (Should I use HDHomerun?)
>> >> Decent storage
>> >> Fairly quiet
>> >> Wireless (I have a usb wireless dongle)
>> >> Remote (wireless keyboard and mouse is acceptable if recommended)
>> >
>> >
>> > If buying new and I wanted a combined FE/BE I would get:
>> >
>> > 1. HP microserver
>> > 2. Fanless nvidia GT610
>> > 3. An ssd for the OS
>> > 4. A 3TB hard drive for recordings and media
>> > 5. HDHR from Hadley
>> > 6. This remote http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
>> >
>> > If you would like to look at a running system (myth 0.27 with two
>> > hdhrs and a number of frontends) you are always welcome at my place
>> > Robert. Bring beer. If you want to see a microserver, we have one at
>> > the office. It may be too big for under your TV (from what i recall of
>> > the room) but it would be my choice for quietness and disk capacity.
>>
>> PS I would then install mythbuntu 12.04, upgrade myth to 0.27 and if
>> you have a lot of stored/ripped/downloaded media I would install XBMC
>> because I much prefer it to mythvideo for everything other than
>> recorded TV. Again, demos available for beer.
>>
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