I am going to build a MythTV system for the following: -PVR (I dont watch TV too much, but this would be nice to have once in a while) -playing NES roms -playing DVDs -local fileserver, local webserver hosting pictures (with Gallery http://gallery.sourceforge.net/)
I am currently in the possession of: ATX case dell-style motherboard running Pheonix bios Pentium 2, 450-mhz processor 288mb ram GeForce MX 440 hard drive space isn't a problem. (I currently have a spare 40 Gig and I'm willing to move a 200 Gb drive from my main desktop) First question: Will this be powerful enough for what I want? I'm really concerned with horrible performance for the PVR. Second question: I know I need some additional hardware. First things that come to my mind are (1) a remote and (2) a TV-tuner. I dont want the most expensive hardware in the world, I just want something that will work well with my setup. Third question: Is Debian Testing a decent distro to use for MythTV? If it would not be too expensive (i.e. Less than ~300), I would consider building a new PC in a mini-ITX case. Is this possible for > 300ish? If so, what hardware would you recommend? Sorry for sounding like such a n00b about this, I bet this list gets all sorts of "is my hardware okay?" "what hardware should I get?" questions. I briefly trolled through the archive and didn't find anything matching my situation. Thanks! Pete _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
