[mythtvnz] New motherboard

[Graeme Woollett]

On 14/06/11 16:03, Scott Newton wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm needing to replace the motherboard on my mythtv box - anyone got any
> recommendations or things to avoid?
>
> Thanks
It depends on which cards PCI or PCI-E and the video card (single or
double width) you have.  Is it an FE only or BE/FE?
I was caught out with a M-ATX Gigabyte board that had an available PCI-E
slot for my HVR-2200 only to find that the end of the 2200 hit the
memory slots.  With older M-ATX boards you lose the PCI-E slot if you
put in a double width GPU.  Newer boards you will lose a PCI slot.
Although large, an ATX M/B gives you the safety buffer of more slot
combinations.
I get the feeling with the grunt required for quality de-interlacing of
1080i a silent box is getting pretty hard to achieve.  My box sits in
the laundry and is connected to my TV with a 10m HDMI cable, so in the
lounge it is truly silent.

More information about your setup i.e DVB-T/S etc. would help.

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Graeme Woollett
email g.woollett at irl.cri.nz


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