On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:32:10PM -0500, Thom Paine wrote: > I am planning on building a mythtv box shortly, and have been reading a > bit on the net, and am looking for recommendations on some of the > hardware I should put into the box. > > I found a hauppage wintv pvr-250 card, which I think is the basis of the > box, but I'm not sure what sort of a regular video card I should put in. > I would prefer an nvidia card, but I'm not sure how high of a model I > should get. An FX-5900 is reasonable here in Canada.
That's too much overkill. It's expensive, usually has a fan. Truth is that even an MX440 is fine for the job of playing video. Many use an FX5500 which can be had under $50 in the USA. Get the higher end card only if you plan to play a lot of 3D videogames. > > Are there any other users in Canada that have their myth box hooked up > to a Bell Expressvu satellite? I was wondering how well this works > together. What I've read is that there is an IR transmitter that will > change channels on the satellite to get the different shows to record. Ah. Well, I had to give up on expressvu when they shut down California, but in theory with BEV you can just get a DVB card with a smart card slot! No external receiver at all. These cards cost about $120 -- cheaper than either your pvr-250 or you satellite receiver, and hugely, vastly superior if you can get it to work. I see comments in the code about BEV so I presume some folks are doing it. And of course, with a DVB card, your recording takes no CPU, and is perfect quality and size. If BEV hadn't shut off half their channels to the west coast of the USA, I would be going this route for sure.
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