Maybe my reply was confusing. Let me try again:
The hardware requirements I listed were arbitrary - I just wrote something down with the intent of going back to fix them. I hope I didn't give the impression "Hey, I'm done with this doc.. Please check it out".. Instead, I was looking for people to help fix it - and thank you for pointing out the hardware requirements list. Thanks (again) for pointing this out. -- Nav On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:42:59 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:18:00AM +0900, David Bennett wrote: > > Pretty interesting so far but my question is what about those of us > > that are going to buy a system specifically for the purpose of setting > > up a myth box. > > > > The documentation does not make this clear and I am still not sure > > what I should get!! > > > > - Is a hauppage decoder necessary??? > > - with a fast enough processor can I use any TV capture card? (ANY???) > > - am i going to run into linux driver problems with "any-ol" tv capture > > card? > > - What would you guys recommend for a good Myth System at a good price? > > > > (be careful! based on what you guys recommend, I am going to go out > > and buy it! so be kind.) > > It depends on your goal? You want to do HD? That's very different > requirements from SD. Any system you would go out and buy today is > probably overkill for SD, better to turn your old system into the myth > box and buy a new computer for yourself. > > If you want to buy something today for SD, buy the slowest thing they > make today (which is about a 2000 sempron), or get some fancy new case > like a pundit, or SFF computer. > > You don't need the wintv-pvr or similar with your 2ghz class machine, > if you are trying to save bucks, but the big reason to get it is no > matter what the speed of your machine, with the hardware encoder, high > cpu load will not interfere with your recordings. >
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