I replaced it mostly because I'm tired of administering MythTV and always having some feature that doesn't work quite right. The mac mini is fast enough to support full-screen decoding of 1080p h.264, so that's all I really care about. I have a 500GB La Cie hard drive that cradles the mini, so I've got enough space to store my shows. And most importantly, FrontRow/EyeTV is easier for my wife to use :-)
That said, EyeTV is missing some pretty nice features that MythTV has, so I'm a little torn. On 10/18/07, Shane Hathaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Youngblood wrote: > > I got rid of my MythTV system and replaced it with a mac mini. Right > > now it's just sitting on my office floor gathering dust. Here are the > > specs: > > > > SILVERSTONE LC20 Black Desktop case > > ASUS P5ND2-SLI mobo > > GeForce 7300LE fanless video card > > Pentium D 940 Presler 3.2 Ghz dual core processor > > Thermaltake CL-P0114 super-quiet CPU cooler > > 2GB DDR 400 SDRAM > > LITE-ON 20x DVD+-R SATA burner with lightscribe > > 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 320GB SATA drives > > 2x PCHDTV 5500 HDTV tuner cards > > Great IR keyboard & mouse combination > > This is well above the specs of a Mac Mini, so out of curiosity, why are > you getting rid of it? The only thing I would replace is the Pentium D, > since it runs awfully hot. I'd use a Core 2 Duo or an AMD64 (with a > different motherboard). > > Shane > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
