[mythtvnz] MythTV-NZ Recommended Hardware List

[Steven Ellis]

On Mon, June 16, 2008 5:02 pm, Brett Davidson wrote:
> OK guys.
>
> May I be the first to avail myself of your expertise.
>
> I am looking at DVB-T support since I like the idea of watching the
> upcoming Olympics (amongst other programs) in HD. What I don't like is
> that all set-top boxes sold here only output SD from non-HDMI connectors.
>
> Looking at using MythTV to watch/record the DVB-T in HD so I can watch the
> programs I want to see later. (Of course if they are live at the time I am
> home I would prefer to watch them live).
>
> So...what sort of beast will I need (DVB-T cards/CPU/Graphics card/Memory)
> and would it pass Wife-Acceptance-Factor of being low-noise (and
> preferably low-profile)?
>

Well at the moment if you want freeview|HD and MythTV you had better be
willing to get your hands dirty with custom patches and tweaks and it
doesn't work with mainstream Myth.

As for Hardware, a dual core 4800+ or greater will do 720p but we still
don't know about the 1080i channels due to video codec issues.

I'm assuming you want HD over component, so you basically need a good
enough NVidia chipset with component.

For tuners I'd probably look at the dual tuner Nova-T at the moment, until
the HVR-2200 PCIe cards have drivers.

Steve

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