[mythtvnz] Price estimate for new system

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
>> I have lurked here for ages but I have to admit that WAF has been pretty
>> good with the TiVo she bought a few years back so I have not used MythTV for
>> quite a while.
>>
>> Now that her TiVo has died we have to decide on an alternative which will
>> keep the WAF up.
>>
>> Has anyone here recently built or priced a MythTV setup with the following:-
>>
>> (I have no problem building it and following advice and instructions)
>>
>> Combined Frontend/Backend to sit under a TV
>> Reasonably small form factor
>> At least two tuners (DVB-T) (Should I use HDHomerun?)
>> Decent storage
>> Fairly quiet
>> Wireless (I have a usb wireless dongle)
>> Remote (wireless keyboard and mouse is acceptable if recommended)
>
>
> If buying new and I wanted a combined FE/BE I would get:
>
> 1. HP microserver
> 2. Fanless nvidia GT610
> 3. An ssd for the OS
> 4. A 3TB hard drive for recordings and media
> 5. HDHR from Hadley
> 6. This remote http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
>
> If you would like to look at a running system (myth 0.27 with two
> hdhrs and a number of frontends) you are always welcome at my place
> Robert. Bring beer. If you want to see a microserver, we have one at
> the office. It may be too big for under your TV (from what i recall of
> the room) but it would be my choice for quietness and disk capacity.

PS I would then install mythbuntu 12.04, upgrade myth to 0.27 and if
you have a lot of stored/ripped/downloaded media I would install XBMC
because I much prefer it to mythvideo for everything other than
recorded TV. Again, demos available for beer.