[mythtvnz] Price estimate for new system

[Robert Fisher]

Maybe I should bite the bullet and do this properly.
I will give you a call Nick to have a beer and check out your system.
A backend in the garage and multiple frontends might be the way to go.


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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Robert Fisher
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