[mythtvnz] Basic hardware help

[matthew pearce]

Ok

Thanks for all comments

Sorry to be asking all these dumb questions, but I have got some more.

About ram. I will get 256 as soon as I can. Upgrade to 512 if its
available and needed. If I make a propoer system (built specially with
new or near new hardware) 1GB will be the minimum.

Hauppauge 150/500. The 500 has two tuners allowing you to watch two
channels at once. Will my puny little 1.2Ghz allow me to watch 1
channel while recording another, or record two chanells while watching
neither? If not then I will get a 150 which my hardware can use. Is
this right?

If I got a 150/500 and then got a freeview card, could I watch most of
the channels on freeview and get Prime of the 150/500?

Which dedicated distro (knoppmyth/mythdora/mythbuntu (are there more))
has the most drivers built in. I have dial up (dont laugh too hard)
and so to minimise downloading I would like a distro that has just
about everything built in. Do any of them have libdvdcss built in?

Why are PCI graphics cards bad? what is XVMC?

Ok

Thanks

Matthew