On 1/22/06, Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With some recent discussion here about CPUs and costs I wonder what > the "average" cost of a MythTV machine might be.
That's sort of like asking a bunch of gamers what the "average" cost is for a gaming PC is. I know gamers who would spend $600 on a graphics card ... Here are some questions to consider: - How much is silence in your living room worth? - Do you (and other family members) want an "ugly" old computer showcased in your living room? - How much did you spend on audio/video gear in the past? - How much money do you normally spend on your computer hobby? - How many hours of recordings do you want to keep? (HINT: it's more than you would ever think when your building your first mythtv box) - When one of your hard drives fails and you lose your system/recordings, how much would it be worth to you to be able to go back in time and set up RAID? My MythTV box is now at around 600gb and that seems like just about enough storage for me for now with non-HD recordings, but I can see a day in the not too distant future where the bulk of my mythtv expense will be STORAGE, and not computer parts. I'd be interested to know how much storage the "average" mythtv user has on their system. I'd also be interested to know the % of mythtv users who don't use RAID. -Ross _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
