[mythtvnz] Hardware questions

[Craig Whitmore]

On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 09:57 +1300, matthew pearce wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I have found this on Pb technologies and wondered if anybody had any
> good reasons not to use it for Mythtv.
> 
> EX-LEASED IBM Netvista 8188 P4 3.2 512MB, 40GB, DVD combo, XP Pro
> 
> PB Everyday low Price: $265.47 +gst ($298.66 incl)
> 
> I have a 120 Gb hard drive which I would swap into it instead of the
> 40 gb. (although the list says even this is way too small, it should
> do for the time being.)
> 
> I was wondering if this box would have enough grunt to be a combined
> backend/frontend and be suitable for HD use in the future.
> 

Sorry but it won't be fast enough for HD unless you can find an AGP card
which is supported for the NVIDIA drivers for vdpau (which I don't think
so). 

As for SD on this machine.. I am pretty sure it won't be vey good.

$300 for this type of machine IMHO sounds a little expensive....
You may have a very small bugdet, but spending a little bit more $$ may
get a much better machine..


> Also if this is a reasonable price.
> 
> I think (hope) it has an AGP slot in it and one PCI slot.
> 
> one last Q:
> Does the Hauppauge PVR-3000 combined DVB-S and analog card have good
> mythtv support?

the HVR3000 and HVR4000 both work under Linux

Thanks