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> Hi,
I'm new to mythtv, so take this comment with a grain of salt... :)
> > If your backend is a dedicated backend (ie. no frontend), then I think > you're wasting money on the pvr-350's. The primary advantage that the > pvr-350 has over the pvr-250 is that the 350 supported hardware > decoding and the pvr-250 does not. <snip> > The PVR-350 is useless on a backend unless you want to watch > video from the backend at anypoint. > > As Jeff said, for a dedicated backend I'd go with something like > one of the following > > Twin Nova-T's (or similar DVB-T) > Single PVR-500 > Twin PVR-250 > Twin PVR-150 <snip> > Oh and go for as much disk space as you can afford, it vanishes *really* > quickly! Thanks this was very helpful.
>
Personally, I would've (and have)
gone the other way:
> > Low Horsepower + PVR-x50's -- great backend > High Horsepower + nvidia card -- great frontend > > Just the output filters alone available for cleaning up the video on > the front-end make it worth putting some power into the front end. > HDTV content is also fairly high on the CPU loading. > Oh and go
for as much disk space as you can afford, it vanishes *really*
> quickly! I may go with this suggestion (ie. go for a more powerful front-end), but I still have a few questions about the Xbox option before I discard the idea altogether: 1. Are there any problems / gotcha's /
things-to-look-out-for when playing EDTV through and XBox? Are there
quality issues (overscanning, stuttering, etc...)?
2. I'd prefer to do the software only mod to
the Xbox, but heard that only older Xboxes will work v1.4 and lower. How
hard is it to find the older ones? Are there other options besides
e-Bay?
(I have no soldering experience, but I'm willing to
try anything that doesn't get me too far over my head.)
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