If you're talking about replacing instead of adding, the answer is no problem, the drive would not likely pull more than an addtional 5-10 watts at most. I'm sure you can get the specs for any particular drive at the manfacturer's website.
Regards, Mike Wafkowski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Grell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Building first MythTV back end box... > You guys are awesome!! Thanks for helping me with > this. > > I'll definitely go with the 150 (probably the MCE > version). Smaller board, less heat, cheaper, easier > to setup, yet good quality. And It didn't even dawn > on me that I'd be using the S-Video input on the card > instead of the tuner. Duh. :) > > Thanks again for your help! > > Just thought of a couple of more questions. > > 1) How does the audio work on the PVR150 in MythTV. > Would the audio outputs on the receiver go to the > audio inputs on the 150 or to the audio input of the > sound card? > > 2) In a Shuttle XPC case running at 3Ghz with the > other components mentioned in my original post, would > bumping the hard drive from 200G to 300G be a cause > for concern regarding both heat and the power > requirements? The Shuttle case only has a 250W power > supply. > > Kirk > > --- John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/16/05, Kirk Grell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I could bump down to PVR-150. Main thing is that > > I > > > really want as high quality of video as I can get > > > before transcoding. In terms of MPEG2, does > > output > > > from the PVR-150 look as good as output from the > > > PVR-350? > > > > I have one of each. > > > > I think the video on the 150 is a bit softer than > > the 350, > > perhaps due to better comb filters. Both cards work > > fine > > with 18.1, and ivtv 0.4.1. (I had problems getting > > 0.4.0 working on the 150 card, but it might have > > been > > my H.U.A. disease. > > > > > > My 150 card is MCE version, which includes a FM > > Radio tuner > > but no TVout (because it has no decoder). > > > > Note that in really small computer cases, the 150 > > fits better > > than the 350, because the 350 is just enough longer > > to > > impose some difficulty in small cases. > > > > You can't beat the price of a 150. > > > > -- > > ----------JSA--------- > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/204 - Release Date: 12/15/2005 > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
