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<body>On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:53:34 +1300, Alex Marshall <alexmnz@yahoo.com> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1253447160"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt;">Hi,<br><br>I am new to this but am intending to build a HTPC to run MythTV on Ubuntu 12.04LTS.<br>I am currently in my research phase but have quite a few questions I would like to ask.<br>Not sure of the correct etiquette but what I will do is outline what i am trying to achieve and then ask a couple of questions.<br><br>I am currently using Sky HD for my TV and do not have a computer at home as I just use my work laptop.<br>I want to get rid of sky and use a PC primarily to record and shift TV (must do HD). I am going to buy another PC to use for web-surfing, bit of Android development, project work, music,
etc.<br><br>I have a DVD Home theatre player and PS3 to play Blu-ray so really only interested in playing TV through HDMI to my<br>Panasonic Vierra TV (supports full 1080p). I have two aerials in my house
an old UHF (never got a good picture on this) and currently use the satellite dish from Sky.<br><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_10"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_1_1383776855224_4204"><span id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_94">So<br><br></span></div><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_98" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_94">1. Which aerial should I use for HD recording DVB-T or DVB-S.</span></div><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_145" style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_94">2. I am thinking of running front-end and back end on one computer in my living room dedicated to TV. Is this a good option and can I keep this quiet enough.<br></span></div><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_171" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_94">3. Can I post a hardware spec for advice on whether this set-up will cope with both front-end and back-end for my requirements,<br><br>Thanks,<br></span></div><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_12"> </div><div id="yiv1253447160yui_3_13_0_6_1383776855224_14">Alex Marshall<br>Mob:
027 444 0759</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I do pretty much the same as you are wishing to do.</div><div>I have a Panasonic Viera and use a Gigabyte GT 430 video card to feed audio/video via HDMI cable to it.</div><div>I use DVB-T and recommend a HD Homerun for the tuner as well as a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200 this will allow you to cover all three DVB-T<br></div><div>multiplexes and have no conflicts in your shedules.</div><div>My system is also a combined BE/FE and is acceptably quiet with low noise fans</div><div>My mother board is an Asus P8H61 MLE with dual core Intel G620 CPU 2.6 MHz - low end stuff,but it does the job very well.I have had no hardware issues at all.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul</div><br></body></html>