On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 16:11 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: > 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. > >
No, this will be strictly a mythbox. I have other computers for gaming. > > 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. Ya, I heard about this spotbeaming. Dishnetwork does it as well. Do you have more info on this set up? I would prefer to go this route if possible. Do I just put my smart card from my receiver in the DVB to get my programming?
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