<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Craig Whitmore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lennon@orcon.net.nz">lennon@orcon.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 09:57 +1300, matthew pearce wrote:<br>
> Hi all.<br>
><br>
> I have found this on Pb technologies and wondered if anybody had any<br>
> good reasons not to use it for Mythtv.<br>
><br>
> EX-LEASED IBM Netvista 8188 P4 3.2 512MB, 40GB, DVD combo, XP Pro<br>
><br>
> PB Everyday low Price: $265.47 +gst ($298.66 incl)<br>
><br>
> I have a 120 Gb hard drive which I would swap into it instead of the<br>
> 40 gb. (although the list says even this is way too small, it should<br>
> do for the time being.)<br>
><br>
> I was wondering if this box would have enough grunt to be a combined<br>
> backend/frontend and be suitable for HD use in the future.<br>
><br>
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</div>Sorry but it won't be fast enough for HD unless you can find an AGP card<br>
which is supported for the NVIDIA drivers for vdpau (which I don't think<br>
so).<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Yes, no chance for HD.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
As for SD on this machine.. I am pretty sure it won't be vey good.</blockquote><div><br>Why do you say that? It's certainly got the grunt.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div>