Well I did a build from scratch in July last year and happened to still have my online bill as below:
Aria Aluminium Media PC Case @ 56.99 +VAT Caviar 200GB 8Mb Cache 7200RPM HDD OEM @ 52.99 +VAT WinTV Nova-T PCI Digital Free-to-air TV Card @ 51.46 +VAT Sempron 2800 2.0Ghz Socket A 256KB 333Mhz OEM @ 40.95 +VAT KM4M-V SocketA Graphics Audio LAN MAXT Motherboard @ 24.55 +VAT 128MB Radeon 9200SE DDR TV Out DVI AGP @ 22.72 +VAT 512Mb PC2700 184pin DDR DIMM Memory @ 21.50 +VAT The only thing I reused was a DVD-RW drive, so even allowing for that a total brand new cost would have been about £ 375.00 or around $ 650 USD. ----- Start Original Message ----- > > Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:26:02 -0700 > > From: Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines > > To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > > With some recent discussion here about CPUs and costs I wonder what > > the "average" cost of a MythTV machine might be. > > > > I have seen some "turnkey" machines offered for what I consider to be > > very high prices, even given the fact that the builders deserve a > > certain profit. I do not wish to mention names, but $1500 for what > > seems to be a minimal front/back-end box with 1 capture card seems > > quite high to me, although I will grant that it is a far better deal > > than what Sony wants for a DRM-ridden MCE device. > > > > I think if one was constructing a computer specifically for MythTV a > > minimal F/B configuration might cost $600, using refurbed components > > perhaps, and with 1 MPEG-encoding capture card. $1500 would buy a > > very nice machine with maybe 1TB of storage and 3 capture cards. > > These guesses include a "computer" monitor but not an entertainment- > > quality display. > > > > Anybody have ideas? What "should" a MythTV machine cost? Are the > > "commercial" offerings realistic? Obviously a lot of us are re-using > > hardware we have hanging around, it may be rare for somebody to > > purchase gear solely to build a DVR. I'm just wondering what folks > > are doing. > > > > A related matter - What is the position of Zap-2-It Labs on these pre- > > built machines? Does this violate the "personal use" license? I admit > > I have no idea on this one. > > > > > > Brian Wood > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
